Physeter

Physeter
Temporal range: Miocene-recent
The sperm whale is the only extant member of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Physeteridae
Subfamily:Physeterinae
Genus:Physeter
Linnaeus, 1758

Physeter is a genus of toothed whales containing a single living species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).[1] Two fossil species are currently known that are placed in the same genus: Physeter antiquus (5.3 – 2.6 mya) from the Pliocene of France,[2] and Physeter vetus (2.6 mya – 12 ka) from the Quaternary of Georgia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Physeter Linnaeus 1758 (sperm whale)". Fossilworks.
  2. ↑ "Physeter antiquus Gervais 1849". Fossilworks.
  3. ↑ "Physeter vetus Leidy 1869". Fossilworks.
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