Scaphokogia
Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whales that lived off the coasts of Mexico and Peru, South America during the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene. Only the type species S. cochlearis has been described. Fossils of Scaphokogia have been found in the Tirabuzon Formation of Baja California and the Pisco Formation of Peru.[1] Scaphokogia existed about 5 million years ago, and were relatively rare animals.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Scaphokogiinae |
| Genus: | †Scaphokogia Muizon 1988 |
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References
- Scaphokogia at Fossilworks.org
- Hendy, Austin J. W.; Gracia, Carlos De; Wood, Aaron R.; Velez-Juarbe, Jorge (2015-04-29). "Evolutionary Patterns among Living and Fossil Kogiid Sperm Whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0123909. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023909V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123909. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4414568. PMID 25923213.
External links
- Scaphokogia at ZipcodeZoo
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