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TOGOCETUS
(to-go-see-tus)
meaning: "Togo whale"
Named By: Philip D. Gingerich & Henri Cappetta in 2014
Time Period: 46-44 Ma
Location: Togo, Kpogame-Hahotoe
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Protocetidae | Protocetinae |
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Togocetus ("Togo whale") is a genus of extinct cetacean from the Lutetian (lower Eocene) of Togo, known from a fossilized skeleton discovered few kilometers north-east of Lome.

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