Pelocetus

Pelocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils have been found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America.^[1]

Pelocetus Temporal range: Miocene, 16–13.6 Ma 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:	†Pelocetidae
Genus:	†Pelocetus Kellogg, 1965
Species
P. calvertensis (type) Kellogg, 1965