Scaldicetus
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| Scaldicetus grandis teeth
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Mammalia
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| Order:
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Artiodactyla
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| Infraorder:
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Cetacea
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| Superfamily:
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Physeteroidea
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| Family:
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Physeteridae
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| Genus:
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†Scaldicetus
Du Bus, 1867
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| Species
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- Scaldicetus caretti du Bus, 1867 (type)
- Scaldicetus grandis (du Bus, 1872)
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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- Glossoptera lunebergica Leibniz, 1749
- Squalodon graleloupi Staring, 1857
- Squalodon antwerpiensis Lankester, 1865
- Palæodelphis grandis du Bus, 1872
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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.