Pliokogia

Pliokogia; Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Kogiidae
Subfamily:	Kogiinae
Genus:	† Pliokogia ; Collareta et al., 2019
Type species
	†Pliokogia appenninica; Collareta et al., 2019

Last updated January 02, 2026

Pliokogia is extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale from the Pliocene period. The fossil is constituted of an incomplete skull found in Northern Italy. The type species is Pliokogia appenninica.^[1]

References

↑ Giovanni Bianucci, Collareta (June 4, 2019). "A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (3): 609–626. doi:10.4202/app.00578.2018. hdl: 11568/1000367 . Retrieved October 10, 2024.

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[1] Giovanni Bianucci, Collareta (June 4, 2019). "A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (3): 609–626. doi:10.4202/app.00578.2018. hdl: 11568/1000367 . Retrieved October 10, 2024.

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Taxon identifiers
Pliokogia	Wikidata: Q129511362 Wikispecies: Pliokogia Paleobiology Database: 399002
Pliokogia apenninica	Wikidata: Q129511480 Paleobiology Database: 400905