Pelocetidae

Pelocetidae is an extinct family of baleen whales. Existed during the Miocene in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.[1][2]

Pelocetidae
Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Balaenopteroidea
Family: †Pelocetidae
Steeman, 2007
Genera

Cophocetus
Halicetus
Parietobalaena
Pelocetus

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database. "Pelocetidae". Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. M. E. Steeman (2007). "Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (4): 875–894. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00313.x.


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