Aglaocetus is a genus of extinct baleen whales known from the Miocene of Patagonia, the US Eastern Seaboard, Japan and the Low Countries. It was once considered a member of Cetotheriidae along with ma
Front view of A. moreni skull
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define t
Subdivisions of the Oligocene
Neotethys during the Oligocene (Rupelian, 33.9–28.4 mya)
Restoration of Nimravus (far left) and other animals from the Turtle Cove Formation
Paraceratherium restored next to Hyaenodon