Sulakocetus

Sulakocetus dagestanicus
Temporal range: Chattian 28.4–23.03 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Waipatiidae
Genus: Sulakocetus
Mchedlidze, 1976
Species: S. dagestanicus
Binomial name
Sulakocetus dagestanicus
Mchedlidze, 1976

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.

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