Heterocetus brevifrons Van Beneden 1872 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Cetotherium (Heterocetus) brevifrons, Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) brevifrons, Cetotherium brevifrons, Plesiocetus brevifrons

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23

Belongs to Heterocetus according to O. Hampe and I. Ritsche 2011

See also Abel 1901, Brandt 1873, Kellogg 1931, Lydekker 1887, Newton 1891, Roger 1887, Steeman 2010, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1872, Van Beneden 1880, Van Deinse 1931 and Vanden Broeck 1874

Sister taxa: Heterocetus guiscardii, Heterocetus major, Heterocetus scriptus, Heterocetus sprangii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)

• Miocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (3)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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