Cetotherium

Cetotherium
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
Mounted skeleton of Cetotherium riabinini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Subfamily: Cetotheriinae
Whitmore & Barnes, 2008
Genus: Cetotherium
Brandt 1843
Species[1]

C. crassangulum Cope, 1895
C. furlongi Kellogg, 1925
C. rathkii Brandt, 1843 (type)
C. riabinini Hofstein, 1948

Cetotherium ("whale beast") is an extinct genus of baleen whales from the family Cetotheriidae.[2]

  1. ^ "Classification of the family Cetotheriidae". Fossilwork. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Berta & Deméré 2008