Aulophyseter

Taxobox
name = Aulophyseter

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image_width = 275px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cetacea
subordo = Odontoceti
familia = Physeteridae
genus = "Aulophyseter"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = †"A. morricei"
†"A. mediatlanticus"
†"A. rionegrensis"

"Aulophyseter" is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene formations of the West and East coasts of North America as well as the Patagonian region of South America. It is a possible synonym of some fossils assigned to "Orycterocetus".

See also

*Evolution of Cetaceans
*Brygmophyseter

ources

*Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
*Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
*Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
* http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Aulophyseter_morricei