Cetotheriophanes

Cetotheriophanes is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Northern Italy.^[1]

Cetotheriophanes Temporal range: late Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skull in Bologna
Scientific classification
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)

Classification

Cetotheriophanes was originally described as a subgenus of Cetotherium in 1873, but later elevated to full generic status in 1875. It was later considered a synonym of Balaenoptera by some authors, but recent work suggests that Cetotheriophanes is distinct from Balaenoptera.