Alternative combination: Hoplocetus minor
Full reference: A. Portis. 1886. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura. Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37(2):247-365
Belongs to Scaldicetus according to O. Hampe 2006
See also Kazár 2002, Portis 1886, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Otaria prisca, Scaldicetus antwerpiensis, Scaldicetus bellunensis, Scaldicetus caretti, Scaldicetus crispus, Scaldicetus degiorgii, Scaldicetus grandis, Scaldicetus inflatus, Scaldicetus macgeei, Scaldicetus perpinguis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baldichieri, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in Italy
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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