Patriocetus

{{Short description|Extinct species of whale}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene|Early Miocene}}

| image = Patriocetus in Vienna.jpg

| image_caption = Patriocetus fossil in Vienna

| taxon = Patriocetus

| authority = Abel, 1913

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = {{Cite web

| title = Patriocetus | publisher = Fossilworks

| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36798 | access-date = December 8, 2014}}

| subdivision =

• P. denggi
• P. ehrlichii
• P. kazakhstanicus

| synonyms =

}}

Patriocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale.{{Cite journal | last1 = Dubrovo | first1 = I. A. | last2 = Sanders | first2 = A. E. | title = A new species of Patriocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene of Kazakhstan | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 577 | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0577:ANSOPM]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid = 85605724 }}