Septemtriocetus
Appearance
Septemtriocetus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Phocoenidae |
Genus: | †Septemtriocetus Lambert, 2008[1] |
Species: | †S. bosselaersi
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Binomial name | |
†Septemtriocetus bosselaersi Lambert, 2008[2]
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Septemtriocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale from the late Cenozoic.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this species were found at the Verrebroek dock, northwest of Antwerp, in Belgium, at the border with the Netherlands.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Septemtriocetus †". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Septemtriocetus bosselaersi †". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ 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.