Scaphokogia

Scaphokogia
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Subfamily: Scaphokogiinae
Genus: Scaphokogia
Muizon 1988
Species
  • Scaphokogia cochlearis
    Muizon 1988

Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale that lived in South America during the Miocene. Only one species or subspecies has been described.

References

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