Idiorophus is a genus of extinct toothed whales in the family Physeteridae. Fossils have been found in the Colhuehuapian Gaiman Formation of Argentina and the Libano Sandstone in Italy.[1]
Idiorophus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Physeteridae |
Genus: | †Idiorophus Kellogg, 1925 |
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The teeth of Idiorophus were similar in size to those of the modern orca.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Idiorophus at Fossilworks".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hampe, O. (2006). "Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended classification of the Hoplocetinae". Fossil Record. 9 (1): 61–86. Bibcode:2006FossR...9...61H. doi:10.1002/mmng.200600002.
Further reading
edit- R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1–35
- R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1–13