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Pliokogia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: Pliokogia
Species:
P. appenninica
Binomial name
Pliokogia appenninica

Pliokogia is extinct genus of pygmy whale that lived in Pliocene period. It was likely a suction feeder that lived in deep waters in the open sea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Collareta, Alberto; Cigala Fulgosi, Franco; Bianucci, Giovanni (2019). "A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64. doi:10.4202/app.00578.2018. ISSN 0567-7920.