Aulophyseter

Aulophyseter; Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene; ~15.97–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeleton of A. morricei at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Physeteroidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Aulophyseter; Kellogg, 1927
Species
	A. morricei Kellogg, 1927 (type species); A. mediatlanticus Cope, 1895;

Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the Miocene formations of the west and east coasts of North America.

Aulophyseter reached a length of approximately 6 metres (20 ft) with an estimated body weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb).^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of Aulophyseter have been found in:^[3]

^ Remington, Kellogg (1927). "Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California". Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington: 3–24.
^ R. Nieuwenhuys (1998) The central nervous system of vertebrates, Volume 1 p.2130
^ Aulophyseter at Fossilworks.org

Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff Pg.396.
Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean by Hal Whitehead
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
Aulophyseter morricei

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