Septemtriocetus

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Septemtriocetus
Temporal range: 3.60–2.59  Ma [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus:† Septemtriocetus
Lambert, 2008 [1]
Species:
†S. bosselaersi
Binomial name
†Septemtriocetus bosselaersi
Lambert, 2008 [2]

Septemtriocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale from the late Cenozoic. [1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found at the Verrebroek dock, northwest of Antwerp, in Belgium, at the border with the Netherlands. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Septemtriocetus†". Mindat . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Septemtriocetus bosselaersi†". Mindat . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Lambert, Olivier (12 September 2008). "A new porpoise (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Phocoenidae) from the Pliocene of the North Sea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3). Taylor & Francis: 863–872. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[863:ANPCOP]2.0.CO;2 . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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