Biology:Pelocetidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Pelocetidae
Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri.jpg
Parietobalaena palmeri skull
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Balaenopteroidea
Family: Pelocetidae
Steeman, 2007
Genera

Cophocetus
Halicetus
Parietobalaena
Pelocetus

Pelocetidae is an extinct family of baleen whales. Existed during the Miocene in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan .[1][2]

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database. "Pelocetidae". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=105199. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
  2. M. E. Steeman (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 ☰ Q7161639 entry