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
Parent taxon: Thalassotherii according to A. Berta 2017
See also Bisconti et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1944, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Sherman 1952, Simpson 1945, Steeman 2010, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1912, Uhen et al. 2008, Whitmore 1984 and Whitmore and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: Aglaocetidae, Atlanticetus, Balaenopteridae, Diorocetidae, Pelocetidae, Plesiocetus burtinii
Subtaxa: Isocetus depauwi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (2 collections), Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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