Fragilicetus

Fragilicetus; Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenopteridae
Genus:	†Fragilicetus; Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016
Species
	F. velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016 (type);

Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.

Description

Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).[1]

References

Bisconti, Michelangelo; Bosselaers, Mark (2016). "Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 450–474. doi:10.1111/zoj.12370.

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[1] Bisconti, Michelangelo; Bosselaers, Mark (2016). "Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 450–474. doi:10.1111/zoj.12370.