Cetotheriophanes capellinii

Cetotheriophanes Temporal range: late Pliocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skull in Bologna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Genus:	†Cetotheriophanes Brandt 1873
Species
†C. capellinii (Brandt, 1873) (type)

†C. capellinii (Brandt, 1873) (type)

Cetotheriophanes is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of northern Italy.

Cetotheriophanes was originally described as a subgenus of Cetotherium in 1873, but later elevated to full generic status in 1875. It was later considered a synonym of Balaenoptera by some authors, but recent work suggests that Cetotheriophanes is distinct from Balaenoptera.