Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America.
Aulophyseter Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene
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Skeleton of A. morricei at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Physeteroidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927[1] |
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Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately 6 metres (20 ft) with an estimated body weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb).[2]
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edit- ^ Remington, Kellogg (1927). "Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California". Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington: 3–24.
- ^ R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130
- ^ Aulophyseter at Fossilworks.org
- Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
- Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
- Aulophyseter morricei
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