Fragilicetus

Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.

Fragilicetus Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenopteridae
Genus:	†Fragilicetus Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016
Species:	†F. velponi
Binomial name
†Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016

Description

Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).^[1]