| Miocaperea Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Cetotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobalaeninae |
| Genus: | †Miocaperea Bisconti, 2012 |
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†M. pulchra Bisconti, 2012 (type) | |
Miocaperea is an extinct genus of pygmy right whale from the Late Miocene Pisco Formation of Peru.[1] Its type species is Miocaperea pulchra.[2]
- ^ Miocaperea at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bisconti, M. 2012. Comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Miocaperea pulchra, the first fossil pygmy right whale genus and species (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Neobalaenidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 876-911.