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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | †Idiocetus Capellini 1876[1] |
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Idiocetus ("unique whale") is a genus of extinct cetaceans of the family Balaenidae.[2]
- ^ Capellini, G., 1876. "Sulle balene fossili toscane". Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei 3: 9–14.
- ^ Steeman, M. E. (2010). "The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene–Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (1): 63–80. Bibcode:2010JSPal...8...63S. doi:10.1080/14772011003594961. OCLC 694418047.