Biology:Diorocetus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Diorocetus
Temporal range: Miocene
Buttercup Diorocetus.jpg
Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Pelocetidae
Genus: Diorocetus
Kellogg, 1968
Species
  • D. chichibuensis
  • D. hiatus
  • D. shobarensis

Diorocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Diorocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America and Japan .[1]

fossil skull of baleen whale Diorocetus hiatus
Diorocetus hiatus skull

References

  1. Steeman, M. E. (2007). "Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (4): 875–894. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00313.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3708570 entry