Orycterocetus

Orycterocetus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: †Orycterocetus
Leidy, 1853
Species
  • O. quadratidens Leidy, 1853 (type species)
  • O. crocodilinus Cope, 1868
  • O. cornutidens Leidy, 1856

Orycterocetus is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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