Idiophyseter
Extinct genus of whales
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Idiophyseter[1] is a genus of macroraptorial sperm whale from the Miocene. Its fossils have been found in Templeton California.[2] Idiophyseter was small in size compared to modern genera and its maxilla has single-rooted alveoli. It lacked ventral internal process of the sort present in the modern day genus of sperm whale (Physeter).[3]
| Idiophyseter Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Physeteridae |
| Subfamily: | Physeterinae |
| Genus: | †Idiophyseter R. Kellogg, 1925 |
