Pelocetidae

Pelocetidae Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Balaenopteroidea
Family:	† Pelocetidae Steeman, 2007
Genera
Cophocetus Halicetus Parietobalaena Pelocetus

Pelocetidae is an extinct family of baleen whales. This family existed during the Miocene in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. The Paleobiology Database. "Pelocetidae" . Retrieved 21 August 2011.
2. M. E. Steeman (2007). "Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (4): 875–894. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00313.x .

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