Pseudorca
Genus of marine mammals
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Pseudorca is a genus of cetaceans with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai, Pseudorca yuanliensis and Pseudorca crassidens, of which P. crassidens (commonly known as the false killer whale) is the only extant member.
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| Pseudorca Temporal range: Pliocene-recent | |
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| Pseudorca crassidens, or the false killer whale, the only extant member. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Subfamily: | Globicephalinae |
| Genus: | Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862 |
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Pseudorca yuanliensis is found in Pliocene layers in Yuanli, Taiwan, while Pseudorca yokoyamai is found in both Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks in Japan.[1][2] [3][4][5]
