| Auroracetus Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Pontoporiidae |
| Genus: | †Auroracetus Gibson & Geisler 2009 |
| Species: | †A. bakerae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Auroracetus bakerae Gibson & Geisler 2009
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Auroracetus, from Aurora (the location the holotype was discovered, Aurora N.C.) and the Latin cetus (whale), is a genus of Pontoporiidae, the river dolphins, and contains one extinct species. The species Auroracetus bakerae was published in 2009.[1]
- ^ "Auroracetus bakerae Gibson & Geisler 2009". ION: Index to Organism Names. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.