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Pelocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils have been found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America.^[1]

References

^ M. D. Uhen, R. E. Fordyce, and L. G. Barnes. 2008. Mysticeti. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II:607–628.

Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea

†Borealodon
†Coronodon
†Imerocetus
†Mioceta?
†Piscocetus
†Siphonocetus?
†Tretulias?
†Ulias?

†Aetiocetidae

†Llanocetidae

Llanocetus
Mystacodon

†Mammalodontidae

Janjucetus
Mammalodon

†Eomysticetoidea

Cetotheriopsis

†Eomysticetidae

†Hibacetus
†Isanacetus
†Isocetus
†Mauicetus
†Pinocetus
†Taikicetus
†Tiphyocetus
†Uranocetus

†Aglaocetidae

Aglaocetus

†Diorocetidae

†Tranatocetidae

†Cephalotropis †Journocetus †Otradnocetus †Palaeobalaena? †Titanocetus? †Tiucetus
†Cetotheriinae	Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus
Herpetocetinae	Caperea †Herentalia †Herpetocetus †Metopocetus †Miocaperea †Nannocetus †Piscobalaena

Balaenopteroidea

†Eobalaenoptera
Balaenopteridae	†Archaebalaenoptera †Archaeschrichtius Balaenoptera †Burtinopsis? †Cetoteriophanes †Diunatans †Eschrichtioides Eschrichtius †Gricetoides †Incakujira Megaptera †Megapteropsis? †Miobalaenoptera †Nehalaennia †Notiocetus †Parabalaenoptera †Plesiobalaenoptera †Plesiocetus †Praemegaptera †Protororqualus

Aetiocetus cotylalveus

Janjucetus hunderi

Horopeta umarere

Parietobalaena yamaokai

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