Phocageneus Knowpia

Phocageneus; Temporal range: Middle Miocene; ~20–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Squalodelphinidae
Genus:	†Phocageneus; Leidy 1869
Species:	†P. venustus
Binomial name
	†Phocageneus venustus; Leidy 1869

Phocageneus is an extinct genus of river dolphin belonging to Squalodelphinidae. Specimens have been found in the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland and Virginia.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ Kellogg, R., 1957. Two additional Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107:279–337.
^ "Fossilworks: Phocageneus".