Pelocetus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of whales}}

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| fossil_range = Miocene, {{Temporal range|16|13.6}}

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| taxon = Pelocetus

| authority = Kellogg, 1965

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• P. calvertensis (type)
  Kellogg, 1965

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Pelocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils have been found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America.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.