Isocetus

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Isocetus
Temporal range: Langhian–Serravallian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Mysticeti
Clade: Thalassotherii
Genus: Isocetus
van Beneden, 1880
Species
  • I. depauwi van Beneden, 1880 (type)

Isocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale belonging to the clade Thalassotherii. Remains have been found in middle Miocene marine deposits in Belgium.

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