Morenocetus
Extinct genus of whale-like animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morenocetus is an extinct genus of primitive balaenid from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian and Colhuehuapian in the SALMA classification) Gaiman Formation of Patagonia, Argentina.
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Morenocetus | |
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Holotype cranium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenidae |
Genus: | †Morenocetus Cabrera 1926 |
Species | |
†M. parvus Cabrera 1926 (type) |
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