Aprixokogia
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Extinct genus of mammals
Aprixokogia Temporal range: Zanclean
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Kogiidae |
Subfamily: | Kogiinae |
Genus: | †Aprixokogia |
Aprixokogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Pliocene in what is now North Carolina. [1] It shared its habitat with ancestors of the modern pilot whale and pygmy right whale, as well as sea turtles and Pelagornis .[2]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Aprixokogia".
- ^ "Fossilworks: Lee Creek Mine". Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.