Phocageneus
Phocageneus Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Squalodelphinidae |
Genus: | †Phocageneus Leidy 1869 |
Species: | †P. venustus
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Binomial name | |
†Phocageneus venustus Leidy 1869
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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]
References[]
- ^ Kellogg, R., 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107:279–337.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Phocageneus".
Categories:
- Miocene cetaceans
- Prehistoric cetacean genera
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Paleontology in Maryland
- Paleontology in Virginia
- Fossil taxa described in 1869
- Taxa named by Joseph Leidy