Biology:Phocageneus
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Short description: Extinct genus of dolphins
Phocageneus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Squalodelphinidae |
Genus: | †Phocageneus Leidy 1869 |
Species: | †P. venustus
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Binomial name | |
†Phocageneus venustus Leidy 1869
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Phocageneus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Specimens have been found in the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland and Virginia.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Kellogg, R., 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107:279–337.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Phocageneus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36805.
Wikidata ☰ Q49001330 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocageneus.
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