Pinocetus
Pinocetus Temporal range:
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Partial holotype skull | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Cetotheriidae |
Genus: | †Pinocetus Czyzewska & Ryziewicz, 1976 |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pinocetus.jpg/220px-Pinocetus.jpg)
Model, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Pinocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Cetotheriidae.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Pinocetus polonicus gen.n., sp.n. (Cetacea) from the Miocene Limestones of Pińczów, Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
Categories:
- Miocene cetaceans
- Prehistoric cetacean genera
- Miocene mammals of Europe
- Prehistoric cetacean stubs