Phocageneus
Extinct genus of dolphins
Phocageneus Temporal range: Middle Miocene ~20–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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 |
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]
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Odontocete genera
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Infraorder: Cetacea
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