Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | †Fragilicetus Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016 |
| Species: | †F. velponi
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| †Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers, 2016
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Description edit
Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).[1]
References edit
- ^ Bisconti, Michelangelo; Bosselaers, Mark (2016). "Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 450–474. doi:10.1111/zoj.12370.
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