Togocetus
Name: Togocetus
(Togo whale).
Phonetic: To-go-see-tus.
Named By: Philip D. Gingerich & Henri
Cappetta - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Archaeoceti, Protocetidae, Protocetinae.
Species: T. traversei
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Togo, Kpogam�-Hahoto�.
Time period: Lutetian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Togocetus is a genus of primitive whale that was first discovered in a phosphate mine that is early Eocene in age. Togocetus is noted for being similar to genera such as Protocetus and Pappocetus.
Further reading
- A new archaeocete and other marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia)
from lower middle Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo. - Journal of
Paleontology 88 (1): 109–129. - Philip D. Gingerich
& Henri Cappetta - 2014.
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