- teeth,
Scaldicetus as
generally recognized appears to be a
wastebasket taxon filled with more-or-less
unrelated primitive sperm whales.
Scaldicetus is known...
-
Ontocetus (now a
genus of walrus), and then
moved to a
wastebasket taxon Scaldicetus until Boersma and his
colleagues gave a new
generic name. Macroraptorial...
- into the
genus Scaldicetus which was
described in 1867 as
having similar characteristics. However, a 1995
study stated that
since Scaldicetus is described...
-
subfamily Hoplocetinae,
alongside the
genera Diaphorocetus, Idiorophus,
Scaldicetus and Hoplocetus,
which are
known from the
Miocene to the
lower Pliocene...
- Helvicetus, Idiorophus, Diaphorocetus, Aulophyseter, Orycterocetus,
Scaldicetus, and Placoziphius,
while kogiid fossil genera include Kogiopsis, Scaphokogia...
- Ferecetotherium, Idiorophus, Diaphorocetus, Aulophyseter, Orycterocetus,
Scaldicetus, Placoziphius,
Zygophyseter and Acrophyseter. Ferecetotherium, found...
-
macroraptorial sperm whales, such as Zygophyseter, as well as
those of
Scaldicetus caretti. They
display a
large degree of ab****n,
suggesting a highly...
- remains,
mostly teeth, of the
genus Scaldicetus were re****igned to
these raptorials,
including Z. varolai.
Scaldicetus is now
considered to be a
grade taxon...
- †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †
Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter
Kogiidae †Aprixokogia
Kogia †Koristocetus †Nanokogia †Platyscaphokogia...
-
Hoplocetinae has been
proposed to
house this group,
alongside the
genera Scaldicetus, Diaphorocetus,
Idiorophus and Hoplocetus. However, this
grouping is...
