Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Invalid subtaxa: Balaenodon physaloides Owen 1846 [nomen dubium], Hoplocetus physaloides Owen 1846 [nomen dubium], Physetodon baileyi McCoy 1879 [nomen dubium], Physodon leccense Gervais 1872 [nomen dubium], Physodon leccensis Gervais 1872 [nomen dubium], Scaldicetus leccense Gervais 1872 [nomen dubium]

Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1926. Cetaceos fossiles del Museo de La Plata. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:363-411

Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to M. D. Uhen 2015

Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Ferecetotherium, Idiophyseter, Kogiopsis, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Scaldicetus

Subtaxa: Hoplocetus, Idiorophus, Preaulophyseter

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore