Cophocetus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Miocene, {{Temporal range|16|11.6}}

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| taxon = Cophocetus

| authority = Packard and Kellogg, 1934

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• C. oregonensis (type)
  Packard and Kellogg, 1934

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Cophocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale known from Miocene-aged marine strata in Oregon, North America.E. L. Packard and R. Kellogg. 1934. A new cetothere from the Miocene Astoria Formation of Newport, Oregon. Contributions to Palaeontology Carnegie Institution of Washington 3-62Ray, C. E. (Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560) 1976. Fossil Marine Mammals of Oregon. Syst. Zool. 25:420–436.M. D. Uhen, R. E. Fordyce, and L. G. Barnes. 2008. Mysticeti. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II:607-628.