Aulophyseter

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Aulophyseter morricei LACM.jpg

| image_caption = Skeleton of A. morricei at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

| fossil_range = Mid-Late Miocene
~{{fossil range|15.97|5.332}}

| taxon = Aulophyseter

| authority = Kellogg, 1927{{cite journal |last1=Remington |first1=Kellogg |year=1927 |title=Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California |journal=Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington |pages=3–24}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * A. morricei Kellogg, 1927 (type species)

A. mediatlanticus Cope, 1895

}}

File:Aulophyseter BW.jpg

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 {{convert|6|m}} with an estimated body weight of {{convert|1100|kg}}.R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130

Distribution

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36673 Aulophyseter] at Fossilworks.org

References

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
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120329012351/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Aulophyseter_morricei/ Aulophyseter morricei]