Idiorophus

Idiorophus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~20.43–15.97 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Physeteridae
Genus:†Idiorophus
Kellogg 1925
Species
  • I. bolzanensis Dal Piaz 1916
  • I. patagonicus Lydekker 1894
Synonyms
  • Apenophyseter Cabrera 1926

Idiorophus is a genus of toothed whales in the family Physeteridae. Fossils have been found in the Colhuehuapian Gaiman Formation of Argentina and the Libano Sandstone in Italy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Idiorophus at Fossilworks".

Further reading

  • R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1-35
  • R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1-13
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