Alternative combinations: Plesiocetus gervaisi, Plesiocetus gervaisii
Synonym: Plesiocetus becanii Gervais 1871
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden and P. Gervais. 1868. Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle 1-634
Belongs to Plesiocetus according to L. Joleaud 1906
See also Brandt 1873, Depéret 1893, Gervais 1871, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
Sister taxa: Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii, Plesiocetus brialmontii, Plesiocetus dubius, Plesiocetus giganteus, Plesiocetus intermedius, Plesiocetus minor, Plesiocetus notopelagicus, Plesiocetus rostratus, Plesiocetus tertius
Type specimens:
- Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) gervaisii: Its type locality is Poussan, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France
- Plesiocetus becanii:
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Poussan
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