Heterocetus

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Heterocetus
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Heterocetus guiscardii vertebrae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Genus: Heterocetus
Capellini, 1877

Heterocetus is a dubious genus of extinct cetacean. [1]

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References

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