Septemtriocetus

Septemtriocetus
Temporal range: 3.60–2.59 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: †Septemtriocetus
Lambert, 2008
Species:
†S. bosselaersi
Binomial name
†Septemtriocetus bosselaersi
Lambert, 2008

Septemtriocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale from the late Cenozoic.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found at the Verrebroek dock, northwest of Antwerp, in Belgium, at the border with the Netherlands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Septemtriocetus †". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Septemtriocetus bosselaersi †". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Lambert, Olivier (12 September 2008). "A new porpoise (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Phocoenidae) from the Pliocene of the North Sea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3). Taylor & Francis: 863–872. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[863:ANPCOP]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2 July 2025.