Aulophyseter

Aulophyseter; Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene; ~15.97–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Physeteroidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Aulophyseter; Kellogg, 1927
Species
	A. morricei Kellogg, 1927 (type species); A. mediatlanticus Cope, 1895; A. rionegrensis Gondar, 1974;

Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America, as well as the Patagonian region of South America. It is a possible synonym of some fossils assigned to Orycterocetus.^{[citation needed]}

Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately 6 metres (20 ft) with an estimated body weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb).^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:^[3]

^ Remington, Kellogg (1927). "Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California". Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington: 3–24.
^ R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130
^ Aulophyseter at Fossilworks.org

Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
Aulophyseter morricei

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