Agorophius

Agorophius
Temporal range: Early Oligocene,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Family: †Agorophiidae
Godfrey et al., 2016
Genus: †Agorophius
Cope, 1895
Type species
Agorophius pygmaeus

Agorophius is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, in the waters off what is now South Carolina.

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