Pliokogia
| Pliokogia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Genus: | † Collareta et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †P. appenninica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pliokogia appenninica Collareta et al., 2019 | |
Pliokogia is extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale from the Pliocene period. The fossil is constituted of an incomplete skull. The only species in the genus is Pliokogia appenninica.[1]
References
- ^ Giovanni Bianucci, Collareta (June 4, 2019). "A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (3): 609–626. doi:10.4202/app.00578.2018. hdl:11568/1000367. Retrieved October 10, 2024.