Orcinus paleorca

Orcinus paleorca
Temporal range: Calabrian (1.8–0.78 Ma)[1]
O. paleorca holotype, front view (left) and side view (right). Dotted lines indicate inferred dimensions.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
Species:
O. paleorca
Binomial name
Orcinus paleorca
Matsumoto, 1937

Orcinus paleorca is a fossil species of Orcinus, the genus of killer whales (orca), dated to the Middle Pleistocene.

  1. ^ "Orca paleorca". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 November 2018.