Cophocetus

Cophocetus
Temporal range: Miocene, 16–11.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Pelocetidae
Genus: †Cophocetus
Packard and Kellogg, 1934
Species
  • C. oregonensis (type)
    Packard and Kellogg, 1934

Cophocetus is an extinct monotypic genus of baleen whale known from Miocene-aged marine strata in Oregon, North America.

Together with its type species C. oregonensis, it was described in 1934 by Earl Leroy Packard and Remington Kellogg.

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References

  1. 1 2 E. L. Packard and R. Kellogg. 1934. A new cetothere from the Miocene Astoria Formation of Newport, Oregon. Contributions to Palaeontology Carnegie Institution of Washington 3-62
  2. ↑ Ray, C. E. (Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560) 1976. Fossil Marine Mammals of Oregon. Syst. Zool. 25:420–436.
  3. ↑ M. D. Uhen, R. E. Fordyce, and L. G. Barnes. 2008. Mysticeti. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II:607-628.