Kaaucetus
| Kaaucetus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Aetiocetidae |
| Genus: | †Kaaucetus |
| Species: | †K. thesaurus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kaaucetus thesaurus Hernández-Cisneros, 2022 | |
Kaaucetus is an extinct genus of aetiocetid that inhabited what is now the coast of Mexico during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, K. thesaurus.