Joumocetus

Joumocetus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Genus: †Joumocetus
Kimura & Hasegawa, 2010
Species:
†J. shimizui
Binomial name
†Joumocetus shimizui
Kimura & Hasegawa, 2010

Joumocetus is a genus of extinct baleen whale in the family Cetotheriidae containing the single species Joumocetus shimizui. The species is known only from a partial skeleton found in Miocene age sediments of Japan.

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