Notocetus

Notocetus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~20.43–16 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Squalodelphinidae
Genus: Notocetus
Moreno, 1892
Species:
N. vanbenedeni
Binomial name
Notocetus vanbenedeni
Moreno, 1892
Synonyms
  • Argyrodelphis Lydekker, 1894
  • Diochotichus Ameghino, 1894
  • Diochoticus Ameghino, 1894

Notocetus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Known specimens have been found in Early Miocene marine deposits from Argentina, Italy and Peru.[1][2]

  1. ^ F. P. Moreno. 1892. Lijeros apuntes sobre dos géneros de cetaceos fósiles de la República Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 3:393-400
  2. ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2015). "A new record of Notocetus vanbenedeni (Squalodelphinidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the Early Miocene of Peru". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (1): 5–13. Bibcode:2015CRPal..14....5B. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.08.003.