Kaaucetus

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Kaaucetus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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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. [1]

References

  1. Hernández-Cisneros, Atzcalli Ehécatl (31 December 2022). "A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 20 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2100725. ISSN   1477-2019 . Retrieved 3 February 2025 via Taylor and Francis Online.