Physeterula neolassicus is an extinct sperm whale of the family Physeteridae, named by Veatch and Stephenson in 1911 and placed in the genus Physeterula. The Paleobiology Database lists it as an extinct, actively mobile marine animal, but records no fossil occurrences for it, so no age range or locality is stated there. The genus Physeterula was a prehistoric close relative of the sperm whale that lived in Europe and the United States between the Late Miocene and the Late Pliocene and is classified as large-bodied. Its members kept functional teeth in the upper jaw, though the tooth enamel had degenerated, and the condylobasal length of the skull is estimated to have exceeded 137 centimetres. The species is known mainly from its name and its place in the database.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Physeterula neolassicus
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Physeterula neolassicus
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Physeterula neolassicus
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, extinct status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, environment
"taxon_environment": "marine,freshwater"
Taxon record, diet, piscivore
"diet": "piscivore, carnivore"
Taxon record, diet, carnivore
"diet": "piscivore, carnivore"
In Biome: Marine, Taxon record, habitat
"taxon_environment": "marine,freshwater"
Child Taxon Of: Physeteridae, Taxon record, family
"family": "Physeteridae"
View the Source 2. Physeterula (Wikipedia)
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This species is classified as a large-bodied species.
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