Phocageneus

Phocageneus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Squalodelphinidae
Genus: †
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]

References

  1. ^ Kellogg, R., 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107:279–337.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Phocageneus".
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