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Pinocetus

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Pinocetus
Temporal range: Miocene 16–13.8 Ma
Partial holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Genus: Pinocetus
Czyzewska & Ryziewicz, 1976
Species
  • P. polonicus
Model, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Pinocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Cetotheriidae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Pinocetus polonicus gen.n., sp.n. (Cetacea) from the Miocene Limestones of Pińczów, Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.