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Extinct genus of dolphins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phocageneus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Specimens have been found in the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland and Virginia.[1][2]
Phocageneus Temporal range: Middle Miocene ~ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Squalodelphinidae |
Genus: | †Phocageneus Leidy 1869 |
Species: | †P. venustus |
Binomial name | |
†Phocageneus venustus Leidy 1869 | |
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