Diorocetus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Pelocetidae
Genus:	†Diorocetus Kellogg, 1968
Species
D. chichibuensis D. hiatus D. shobarensis

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]

References

Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Chaeomysticeti

†Eomysticetoidea

Balaenomorpha

Thalassotherii

†Aglaocetidae

†Diorocetidae

†Tranatocetidae

†Cephalotropis †Journocetus †Otradnocetus †Palaeobalaena? †Titanocetus? †Tiucetus
†Cetotheriinae	Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus
Herpetocetinae	Caperea †Herentalia †Herpetocetus †Metopocetus †Miocaperea †Nannocetus †Piscobalaena

†Eobalaenoptera
Balaenopteridae	†Archaebalaenoptera †Archaeschrichtius Balaenoptera †Burtinopsis? †Cetoteriophanes †Diunatans †Eschrichtioides Eschrichtius †Gricetoides †Incakujira Megaptera †Megapteropsis? †Miobalaenoptera †Nehalaennia †Notiocetus †Parabalaenoptera †Plesiobalaenoptera †Plesiocetus †Praemegaptera †Protororqualus