Praekogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Miocene, containing one species: P. cedrosensis.[1] Fossils have been found in Mexico (Baja California).[2]
| Praekogia Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Genus: | †Praekogia Barnes, 1973 |
| Species: | †P. cedrosensis
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| †Praekogia cedrosensis Barnes, 1973
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References
edit- ^ "Minor Sperm Whale Fossilworks".
- ^ Barnes, Lawrence G. (30 June 1973). "BHL". Contributions in Science. 247: 1––20. doi:10.5962/p.241230.
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