Phocageneus
| Phocageneus Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Squalodelphinidae |
| Genus: | †Phocageneus Leidy 1869 |
| Species: | †P. venustus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phocageneus venustus Leidy 1869
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Phocageneus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Specimens have been found in the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland and Virginia.[1][2]
References
- ^ Kellogg, R., 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107:279–337.
- ^ http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36805