Alternative combination: Amphicetus rotundus
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1880. Les mysticetes a courts fanons des sables des environs d'anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1880:11-27
Belongs to Aglaocetus according to M. Steeman 2010
See also Palmer 1904, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Van Beneden 1880
Sister taxa: Aglaocetus latifrons, Aglaocetus longifrons, Aglaocetus moreni
Type specimen: Lectotype IRScNB CtM 594/Reg 37, a partial skull (right periotic). Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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