Platysvercus

Platysvercus is an extinct genus of kentriodontid that inhabited the seas around what is now Japan during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, Platysvercus ugonis.^[1]

Platysvercus Temporal range: Burdigalian 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:	†Lophocetidae
Genus:	†Platysvercus Guo and Kohno, 2023
Species:	†P. ugonis
Binomial name
†Platysvercus ugonis Guo and Kohno, 2023