Diorocetus
| Diorocetus Temporal range:
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| Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Pelocetidae |
| Genus: | †Diorocetus Kellogg, 1968 |
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Diorocetus is an
extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Diorocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America and Japan.[1]
