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Sulakocetus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Infraorder
  
Cetacea

Scientific name
  
Sulakocetus dagestanicus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Family
  
†Waipatiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Waipatia, Prosqualodon, Parapontoporia, Macrodelphinus, Squalodontidae

Sulakocetus is an extinct genus of toothed whale in the family Waipatiidae. It was first described by G.A. Mchedlidze in 1976 with the type species S. dagestanicus.

References

Sulakocetus Wikipedia