Idiorophus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Tisquesusa (talk | contribs) at 14:15, 30 September 2018 (fill). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Idiorophus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~20.43–15.97 Ma
↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: †Idiorophus
Kellogg 1925
Species
  • I. bolzanensis Dal Piaz 1916
  • I. patagonicus Lydekker 1894
Synonyms
  • Apenophyseter Cabrera 1926

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]

References

  1. ^ "Idiorophus at Fossilworks".

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
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Idiorophus&oldid=861851817"