Named By: | Joseph Leidy in 1853 |
Time Period: | Miocene |
Location: | USA. Europe |
Size: | Uncertain |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens, usually of teeth and jaw material |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Physeteridae | |
Also known as: | | Gargantuodon | |
Orycterocetus is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene of the northern Atlantic Ocean.