Diaphorocetus

Diaphorocetus
Diaphorocetus poucheti skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Physeteroidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Diaphorocetus
Ameghino, 1894

Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of cetacean.[1] Its was found in Argentina dating to the Miocene.

References

  1. 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.
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