Praekogia

Praekogia
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Reconstruction of Praekogia cedrosensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: †
Barnes, 1973
Species:
†P. cedrosensis
Binomial name
†Praekogia cedrosensis
Barnes, 1973

Praekogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Miocene, containing one species: P. cedrosensis.[1] Fossils have been found in Mexico (Baja California).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Minor Sperm Whale Fossilworks".
  2. ^ Barnes, Lawrence G. (30 June 1973). "BHL". Contributions in Science. 247: 1––20. doi:10.5962/p.241230.


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