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词条 Aulophyseter
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  1. Distribution

  2. Related species

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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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 =
  • A. morricei Kellogg, 1927 (type species)
  • A. mediatlanticus Cope, 1895
  • A. rionegrensis Gondar, 1974

}}

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]

Distribution

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:[3]

  • Argentina
  • Oidawara Formation, Japan
  • United States
    • Temblor Formation, California
    • St. Marys Formation, Maryland

Related species

  • Acrophyseter
  • Brygmophyseter
  • Livyatan melvillei
  • Orycterocetus
  • Zygophyseter

See also

{{Portal|Cetaceans|Neogene|Paleontology|Prehistoric mammals}}
  • Evolution of cetaceans

References

1. ^{{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
  • Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
  • Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
  • Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120329012351/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Aulophyseter_morricei/ Aulophyseter morricei]

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMObPD2K-yw Age of Mammals - Specimen Spotlight - Aulophyseter morricei]
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