Scaldicetus

Scaldicetus is an extinct genus of highly predatory macroraptorial sperm whale. Although widely used for a number of extinct physeterids with primitive dental morphology consisting of enameled teeth, Scaldicetus as generally recognized appears to be a wastebasket taxon filled with more-or-less unrelated primitive sperm whales.

Scaldicetus
Scaldicetus grandis teeth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Physeteroidea
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: †Scaldicetus
Du Bus, 1867
Species
  • Scaldicetus caretti du Bus, 1867 (type)
  • Scaldicetus grandis (du Bus, 1872)
Synonyms
List of synonyms
  • S. caretti
      • Balænodon physaloides Owen, 1846
      • Belemnoziphius (Balænodon) physaloides Lankester, 1865
      • Physeter physaloides von Brandt, 1873
      • Hoplocetus physaloides Trouessart, 1898
      • Hoplocetus crassidens Lydekker, 1887
      • Hoplocetus curvidens Gervais
      • Hoplocetus obesus Leidy, 1868
      • Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis du Bus
      • Eucetus amblydon Lydekker, 1887
      • Homœcetus villersii de Bus
      • Dinoziphius carolinensis Leidy, 1877
      • Physeter carolinensis Hay, 1902
      • Palæodelphis arcuatis du Bus, 1872
      • Palæodelphis fusiformis du Bus, 1872
      • Palæodelphis zonatus du Bus, 1872
      • Palæodelphis pachyodon du Bus, 1872
      • Physodon fusiformis Lydekker, 1887
      • Scaldicetus antwerpiensis de Bus, 1972
    S. grandis
      • Glossoptera lunebergica Leibniz, 1749
      • Squalodon graleloupi Staring, 1857
      • Squalodon antwerpiensis Lankester, 1865
      • Palæodelphis grandis du Bus, 1872
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