Scaphokogia Temporal range: Miocene | |
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An artist's illustration and size comparrasion of Scaphokogia cochlearis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Kogiidae |
Subfamily: | †Scaphokogiinae |
Genus: | †Scaphokogia Muizon 1988 |
Species: | †S. cochlearis |
Binomial name | |
†Scaphokogia cochlearis Muizon 1988 |
Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale that lived in South America during the Miocene.