Scaphokogia

Scaphokogia
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Montehermosan & Blancan)
~7.246–2.588 Ma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Subfamily: Scaphokogiinae
Genus: Scaphokogia
Muizon 1988
Species
  • S. cochlearis Muizon 1988
  • S. totajpe Benites-Palomino et al. 2019

Scaphokogia is an extinct genus of pygmy sperm whales that lived off the coasts of Mexico and Peru, South America during the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene. Two species have currently been described: the type species S. cochlearis and S. totajpe. Fossils of Scaphokogia have been found in the Tirabuzon Formation of Baja California and the Pisco Formation of Peru. Scaphokogia existed about 5 million years ago, and were relatively rare animals.


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