Tlaxcallicetus

Tlaxcallicetus; Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Genus:	† Tlaxcallicetus
Species:	†T. guaycurae
Binomial name
	†Tlaxcallicetus guaycurae; Hernández Cisneros, 2018

Last updated August 15, 2025

Tlaxcallicetus is an extinct genus of mysticete that inhabited Baja California Sur during the Late Oligocene. It contains the species T. guaycurae.^[1]

References

↑ Hernández Cisneros, Atzcalli Ehécatl (26 February 2018). "A new group of late Oligocene mysticetes from México". Palaeontologia Electronica : 1–30. doi: 10.26879/746 . Retrieved 7 February 2025– via Palaeontologia Electronica.

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[1] Hernández Cisneros, Atzcalli Ehécatl (26 February 2018). "A new group of late Oligocene mysticetes from México". Palaeontologia Electronica : 1–30. doi: 10.26879/746 . Retrieved 7 February 2025– via Palaeontologia Electronica.

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