Full reference: G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2006. Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 148:103-131
Parent taxon: Physeteroidea according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2006, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Bianucci and Varola 2014, Marx et al. 2016, Reumer et al. 2017 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Angelocetus, Brygmophyseter, Cozzuoliphyseter, Eudelphis, Ferecetotherium, Hoplocetus, Kogiidae, Livyatan, Miophyseter, Physeterida, Physeteridae, Preaulophyseter, Rhaphicetus, Scaldicetus
Subtaxa: Zygophyseter varolai
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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