Scaphokogia
| Scaphokogia Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Scaphokogiinae |
| Genus: | †Scaphokogia Muizon 1988 |
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Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale that lived in South America during the Miocene. Only one species or subspecies has been described.
References
- Scaphokogia at Paleobiology database
- Scaphokogia at ZipcodeZoo
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