Kaaucetus

Kaaucetus is an extinct genus of aetiocetid that inhabited what is now the coast of Mexico during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, K. thesaurus.^[1]

Kaaucetus Temporal range: Late Oligocene 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:	†Aetiocetidae
Genus:	†Kaaucetus
Species:	†K. thesaurus
Binomial name
†Kaaucetus thesaurus Hernández-Cisneros, 2022