Hemisyntrachelus
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- Parent taxon
- Delphinidae
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- Hemisyntrachelus cortesii.JPG
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- Hemisyntrachelus
- taxon name
- Hemisyntrachelus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 5332000-00
- end time
- 1806000-00
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Hemisyntrachelus is an extinct genus of cetacean.
== Fossil records == This genus is known in the fossil records from the latest Miocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 5.332 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy, the Netherlands, the Bahía Inglesa Formation of the Caldera Basin, Chile and in the fossiliferous Pisco Formation of Peru.
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