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Diaphorocetus

Diaphorocetus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Deseadan-Colhuehuapian)
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Diaphorocetus poucheti skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Physeteroidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Diaphorocetus
Ameghino, 1894
Species

D. poucheti (type)

Synonyms
  • Hypocetus Lydekker 1893
  • Mesocetus Moreno 1892
  • Paracetus Lydekker 1893

Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of odontocete cetacean belonging to Physeteroidea. Its remains were found in the Monte León Formation of Argentina, dating to the Early Miocene.[1]


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