Idiorophus
| Idiorophus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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| I. patagonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Physeteridae |
| Genus: | †Idiorophus Kellogg, 1925 |
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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]
The teeth of Idiorophus were similar in size to those of the modern orca.[2]
References
- ^ "Idiorophus at Fossilworks".
- ^ Hampe, O. (2006). "Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended classification of the Hoplocetinae". Fossil Record. 9 (1): 61–86. doi:10.1002/mmng.200600002.
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