Cochimicetus

Cochimicetus; Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	† Eomysticetidae
Genus:	† Cochimicetus
Species:	†C. convexus
Binomial name
	†Cochimicetus convexus; Cedillo-Avila et. al., 2025

Last updated February 09, 2025

Cochimicetus is an extinct genus of eomysticetid that inhabited the shores of what is now Mexico during the Oligocene epoch. A monotypic genus, it contains the species C. convexus.^[1]

References

↑ Cedillo-Avila, C.; González-Barba, G.; Solis-Añorve, A. (2025). "First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica . 28 (1). 28.1.a1. doi: 10.26879/1390 .

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[1] Cedillo-Avila, C.; González-Barba, G.; Solis-Añorve, A. (2025). "First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica . 28 (1). 28.1.a1. doi: 10.26879/1390 .

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