Synonym: Naganocetus Bianucci and Landini 2006 [replaced name]
Full reference: T. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, and L. G. Barnes. 2006. Fossil sperm whales (Cetacea, Physeteridae) from Gunma and Ibaraki prefectures, Japan; with observations on the Miocene fossil sperm whale Scaldicetus shigensis Hirota and Barnes, 1995. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 10:1-23
Parent taxon: Physeteroidea according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2006, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Kimura et al. 2006, Kohno et al. 2007, Lambert et al. 2008, Marx et al. 2016 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Angelocetus, Cozzuoliphyseter, Eudelphis, Ferecetotherium, Hoplocetus, Kogiidae, Livyatan, Miophyseter, Physeterida, Physeteridae, Preaulophyseter, Rhaphicetus, Scaldicetus, Zygophyseter
Subtaxa: Brygmophyseter shigensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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