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Miocaperea
Temporal range: Late Miocene
~11.608–7.246Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Subfamily: Neobalaeninae
Genus: Miocaperea
Bisconti, 2012
Species

M. pulchra Bisconti, 2012 (type)

Miocaperea is an extinct genus of pygmy right whale from the Late Miocene Pisco Formation of Peru. Its type species is Miocaperea pulchra.

Evolution and significance

The discovery of Miocaperea is significant, because neobalaenines were previously unknown in the fossil record, except for an isolated petrosal (ear bone) from late Miocene-aged deposits in Australia. A previous study placed the divergence date of Neobalaeninae from other mysticetes at about 23 million years, and the age of Miocaperea lends credence to the notion of an origin for Neobalaeninae deep in the early Miocene.

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