Aulophyseter

Aulophyseter Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene ~15.97–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of A. morricei at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Physeteroidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927[1]
Species
A. morricei Kellogg, 1927 (type species) A. mediatlanticus Cope, 1895

Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America.

Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately 6 metres (20 ft) with an estimated body weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb).^[2]

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:^[3]

• Oidawara Formation, Japan
• United States
  • Temblor Formation, California
  • St. Marys Formation, Maryland

• Evolution of cetaceans

• Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
• Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
• Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
• Aulophyseter morricei

• Age of Mammals - Specimen Spotlight - Aulophyseter morricei

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