Pseudorca

Pseudorca Temporal range: Pliocene-recent
Pseudorca crassidens, or the false killer whale, the only extant member.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Subfamily:	Globicephalinae
Genus:	Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862
Species
Pseudorca crassidens †Pseudorca yokoyamai †

Pseudorca is a genus with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai, and Pseudorca crassidens, of which P. crassidens (commonly known as the false killer whale) is the only extant member.

Pseudorca yuanliensis is found in Pliocene layers in Yuanli, Taiwan, while Pseudorca yokoyamai is found in both Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks in Japan.^{[1][2] [3][4]}

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