Pseudorca

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Pseudorca
Temporal range: Pliocene-recent
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Pseudorca crassidens, or the false killer whale, the only extant member.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Subfamily: Globicephalinae
Genus: Pseudorca
Reinhardt, 1862
Species

Pseudorca is a genus of cetaceans with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai , Pseudorca yuanliensis and Pseudorca crassidens , of which P. crassidens (commonly known as the false killer whale) is the only extant member.

Pseudorca yuanliensis is found in Pliocene layers in Yuanli, Taiwan, while Pseudorca yokoyamai is found in both Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks in Japan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Pseudorca yokoyamai Matsumoto 1926 (false killer whale)". fossilworks.org.
  2. "Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 (false killer whale)". fossilworks.org.
  3. "Pseudorca yuanliensis Chang and Cheng 1998 (false killer whale)". fossilworks.org.
  4. "Pseudorca crassidens — False Killer Whale". Australian gov.
  5. "Pseudorca Crassidens (false killer whale)". marinebio.org.