Niparajacetus

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Niparajacetus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Genus: Niparajacetus
Species:
N. palmadentis
Binomial name
Niparajacetus palmadentis
Solis-Añorve et. al., 2019

Niparajacetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale that inhabited Mexico during the Late Oligocene. It contains the species N. palmadentis. [1]

References

  1. Solis-Añorve, Azucena; González-Barba, Gerardo; Hernández-Rivera, René (January 2019). "Description of a new toothed mysticete from the Late Oligocene of San Juan de La Costa, B.C.S., México". Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 89: 337–346. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2018.11.015 . Retrieved 7 February 2025 via Elsevier Science Direct.