Scaphokogia

Scaphokogia; Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Montehermosan & Blancan); ~7.246–2.588 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Kogiidae
Subfamily:	†Scaphokogia
Genus:	†Scaphokogia; Muizon 1988
Species
	S. cochlearis Muizon 1988;

Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whales that lived off the coasts of Mexico and Peru, South America during the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene. Only the type species S. cochlearis has been described. Fossils of Scaphokogia have been found in the Tirabuzon Formation of Baja California and the Pisco Formation of Peru.^[1]

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