词条 | Aulophyseter |
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| image = Aulophyseter BW.jpg | fossil_range = Mid-Late Miocene ~{{fossil range|15.97|5.332}} | taxon = Aulophyseter | authority = Kellogg, 1927[1] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
}} Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America, as well as the Patagonian region of South America. Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately {{convert|6|m|ft}} with an estimated body weight of {{convert|1100|kg|lb}}.[2]DistributionFossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:[3]
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See also{{Portal|Cetaceans|Neogene|Paleontology|Prehistoric mammals}}
References1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Remington |first1=Kellogg |year=1927 |title=Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California |journal=Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington |pages=3–24}} 2. ^R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130 3. ^Aulophyseter at Fossilworks.org
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