Praekogia

Praekogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Miocene, containing one species: P. cedrosensis.[1] Fossils have been found in Mexico (Baja California).[2]

Praekogia
Temporal range: Late Miocene
~7–5 Ma
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Reconstruction of Praekogia cedrosensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: †Praekogia
Species:
†P. cedrosensis
Binomial name
†Praekogia cedrosensis
Barnes 1973

References
  1. "Praekogia Fossilworks".
  2. "BHL".


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