Diorocetus
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Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Pelocetidae |
Genus: | †Diorocetus Kellogg, 1968 |
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Diorocetus is an extinct genusofbaleen whale, belonging to the family Diorocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America and Japan.[1]
Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies
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Diorocetus |
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