Diorocetus

Diorocetus
Temporal range: Miocene
Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:†Pelocetidae
Genus:†Diorocetus
Kellogg, 1968
Species
  • D. chichibuensis
  • D. hiatus
  • D. shobarensis

Diorocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America and Japan.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Steeman, M. E. (2007). "Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (4): 875. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00313.x.


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