Brabocetus gigaseorum Colpaert et al. 2015 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: W. Colpaert, M. Bosselaers, and O. Lambert. 2015. Out of the Pacific: A second fossil porpoise from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin. Acata Paleontologica Polonica 60(1):1-10

Belongs to Brabocetus according to W. Colpaert et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB M. 2171, a partial skull. Its type locality is Beverentunnel, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Beverentunnel

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