Notocetus

Notocetus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Squalodelphinidae
Genus: †Notocetus
Moreno, 1892
Species:
†N. vanbenedeni
Binomial name
†Notocetus vanbenedeni
Moreno, 1892
Synonyms
  • Argyrodelphis Lydekker, 1894
  • Diochotichus Ameghino, 1894
  • Diochoticus Ameghino, 1894

Notocetus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Known specimens have been found in Early Miocene marine deposits from Argentina, Italy and Peru.

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