Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Alternative combinations: Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) hupschii, Cetotherium (Plesiocetus) hupschi, Cetotherium hupschi, Heterocetus hupschii, Plesiocetopsis hupschii, Plesiocetus hupschi

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146

Belongs to Plesiocetus according to M. D. Uhen 2015

Sister taxa: Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii, Plesiocetus dubius, Plesiocetus dyticus, Plesiocetus gervaisii, Plesiocetus minor, Plesiocetus occidentalis

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

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder