†Cetorhynchus atavus Abel 1905 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155
Belongs to Cetorhynchus according to O. Abel 1905
Sister taxon: Cetorhynchus christoli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Deurne (Fort 1), Deurne Sand
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