Diorocetus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Temporal range|Miocene}}

| image = Buttercup Diorocetus.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| image_caption = Restored skull of a juvenile D. hiatus

| taxon = Diorocetus

| authority = Kellogg, 1968

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• 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.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00313.x| title = Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes| journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| volume = 150| issue = 4| pages = 875–894| year = 2007| last1 = Steeman | first1 = M. E. | doi-access = free}}

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