Diaphorocetus
Appearance
Diaphorocetus | |
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Diaphorocetus poucheti skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Physeteroidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Diaphorocetus Ameghino, 1894 |
Species | |
D. poucheti (type) | |
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Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of cetacean.[1] Its remains were found in the Monte León Formation of Argentina, dating to the Early Miocene.[2]
References
- ^ Heyning, J. E. (1997). "Sperm Whale Phylogeny Revisited: Analysis of the Morphological Evidence". Marine Mammal Science. 13 (4): 596–613. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00086.x.
- ^ Diaphorocetus at Fossilworks.org