Agorophius
Agorophius is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, in the waters off what is now South Carolina.
| Agorophius Temporal range: Early Oligocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | †Agorophiidae Godfrey et al., 2016 |
| Genus: | †Agorophius Cope, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Agorophius pygmaeus J. P. Muller, 1849 | |
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