Full reference: F. Cigala-Fulgosi and G. Pilleri. 1985. The lower Serravallian cetacean fauna of Visiano (Northern Apennines, Parma, Italy). Investigations on Cetacea 17:55-93
Belongs to Scaldicetus according to O. Hampe 2006
See also Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985 and Kazár 2002
Sister taxa: Otaria prisca, Scaldicetus antwerpiensis, Scaldicetus bellunensis, Scaldicetus caretti, Scaldicetus crispus, Scaldicetus degiorgii, Scaldicetus grandis, Scaldicetus macgeei, Scaldicetus minor, Scaldicetus perpinguis
Type specimen: FCF 3. Its type locality is Visiano, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Salsomaggiore Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Visiano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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