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Pelocetidae

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Extinct family of mammals

Pelocetidae
Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database. "Pelocetidae". 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pelocetidae


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