A Miocene sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteroidea) tooth from Liessel (Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)
Keywords:
Late Miocene, macroraptorial physeteroid, Scaldicetus caretti, Zygophyseter
Abstract
Here we report a well-preserved isolated physeteroid tooth of Late Miocene age from Liessel, the Netherlands. The presence of several morphological features allows attribution to the macroraptorial physeteroids. Size and morphology are to some extent comparable to Zygophyseter and almost identical to the primarily tooth-based Tortonian taxon Scaldicetus caretti. However, the genus Scaldicetus was declared unutilizable, which is supported here with an overview of modern classifications of Scaldicetus species and specimens. Despite the restrictions, the type species S. caretti is still valid, although the name is to be restricted to the type material. Based on its morphological resemblance, the tooth is identified as Physeteroidea indet. cf. Scaldicetus caretti.
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Lambert, O. & Bianucci, G., 2019. How to break a sperm whale’s teeth: dental damage in a large Miocene physeteroid from the North Sea basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(4): e1660987. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1660987.
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Paolucci, F., Buono, M.R., Fernández, M.S., Marx, F.G. & Cuitiño, J.I., 2020. Diaphorocetus poucheti (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from Patagonia, Argentina: one of the earliest sperm whales. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18: 335–355.
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2024-04-24
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Snoodijk , F., Wallaard , J. J. W., Schulp , A. S., & Reumer , J. W. F. (2024). A Miocene sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteroidea) tooth from Liessel (Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 103. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2024.5
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