| Cetotheriophanes | |
|---|---|
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| Skull in Bologna | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 |
| Genus: | †Cetotheriophanes Brandt 1873 |
| Species | |
†C. capellinii (Brandt, 1873) (type) | |
Cetotheriophanes is an extinctrorqual from the latePliocene (Piacenzian) ofNorthern Italy.[1]
Cetotheriophanes was originally described as asubgenus ofCetotherium in 1873, but later elevated to full generic status in 1875. It was later considered a synonym ofBalaenoptera by some authors, but recent work suggests thatCetotheriophanes is distinct fromBalaenoptera.
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