Adicetus fossil map
Where fossils of Adicetus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63–7.246 million years ago (Tortonian) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Cetotheriidae |
| Named by | Figueiredo et al. 2024 |
| Fossil records | 4 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Portugal |
| Rock formations | txn:66751 |
About Adicetus
Adicetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale from the Miocene of Almada, Portugal. The type species, A. vandelli, was originally named by Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden and Paul Gervais in 1871 and assigned to the genus Cetotherium. The second species belonging to the genus, A. latus, was named by Kellogg in 1941 as Aulocetus latus. Following a redescription of the material in 2024, the species were assigned to the newly coined genus Adicetus by Rodrigo Figueiredo and colleagues. A. vandelli and A. latus are both known from a single skull, both of which were found during a gold expedition at Adiça beach, and first described by Alexandre Vandelli in 1831, although he did not establish any new species for the material.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Adicetus (revision 1358256361), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q135197551.
