Praekogia
Extinct genus of mammals
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Praekogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Miocene, containing one species: P. cedrosensis.[1] Fossils have been found in Mexico (Baja California).[2]
| Praekogia Temporal range: Late Miocene ~ | |
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| Reconstruction of Praekogia cedrosensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Genus: | †Praekogia Barnes, 1973 |
| Species: | †P. cedrosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Praekogia cedrosensis Barnes, 1973 | |
