Aulophyseter

<i>Aulophyseter</i>

Aulophyseter

Genus of mammals

Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America.

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Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately 6 metres (20 ft) with an estimated body weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb).[2]

Distribution

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Remington, Kellogg (1927). "Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California". Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington: 3–24.
  2. [2]
    R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130
  3. [3]
    Aulophyseter at Fossilworks.org
  • Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
  • Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
  • Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
  • Aulophyseter morricei


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