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Extinct genus of mammals
Idiorophus is a genus of toothed whales in the family Physeteridae. Fossils have been found in the Colhuehuapian Gaiman Formation of Argentina and the Libano Sandstone in Italy.[1]
The teeth of Idiorophus were similar in size to those of the modern orca.[2]
References
- ^ "Idiorophus at Fossilworks".
- ^ Hampe, O. (2006). "Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended classification of the Hoplocetinae". Fossil Record. 9 (1): 61–86. doi:10.1002/mmng.200600002.
Further reading
- R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1–35
- R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1–13
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