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Aprixokogia

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Extinct genus of mammals

Aprixokogia
Temporal range: Zanclean
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Subfamily: Kogiinae
Genus: Aprixokogia

Aprixokogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Pliocene in what is now North Carolina. It shared its habitat with ancestors of the modern pilot whale and pygmy right whale, as well as sea turtles and Pelagornis.

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Aprixokogia".
  2. "Fossilworks: Lee Creek Mine". Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.
Odontocete genera
Odontoceti
Odontoceti
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
    • see below↓
Crown-Odontoceti
Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Platanistoidea
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Ziphiidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
    • see below↓
Delphinida
Delphinida
Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Inioidea
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Delphinoidea
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Delphinidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Taxon identifiers
Aprixokogia


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