Fragilicetus
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| Fragilicetus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | †Fragilicetus Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016 |
| Species: | †F. velponi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016
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Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.
Description
[edit | edit source]Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).[1]
References
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