| Platysvercus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Lophocetidae |
| Genus: | †Platysvercus Guo and Kohno, 2023 |
| Species: | †P. ugonis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Platysvercus ugonis Guo and Kohno, 2023 | |
Platysvercus is anextinctgenus ofkentriodontid that inhabited the seas around what is nowJapan during theBurdigalianstage of theMioceneepoch. It is amonotypic genus known from a singlespecies,Platysvercus ugonis.[1]
