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Scaphokogia

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Scaphokogia
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Montehermosan & Blancan)
~7.246–2.588 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Subfamily: †Scaphokogiinae
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] Scaphokogia existed about 5 million years ago, and were relatively rare animals. Scaphokogia were one of the rarest group of living whales. [2]

References

  1. ^ Scaphokogia at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Hendy, Austin J. W.; Gracia, Carlos De; Wood, Aaron R.; Velez-Juarbe, Jorge (2015-04-29). "Evolutionary Patterns among Living and Fossil Kogiid Sperm Whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0123909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123909. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4414568. PMID 25923213.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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