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Idiorophus
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Idiorophus is a genus of extinct toothed whales in the family Physeteridae. Fossils have been found in the Colhuehuapian Gaiman Formation of Argentina and the Libano Sandstone in Italy.[1]
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I. patagonicus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Physeteridae |
Genus: | †Idiorophus Kellogg, 1925 |
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The teeth of Idiorophus were similar in size to those of the modern orca.[2]