Kogia fossil map
Where fossils of Kogia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Kogiidae |
| Named by | Gray 1846 |
| Fossil records | 68 occurrences at 30 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | New Caledonia, Italy, United States, South Africa, Japan, India, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico, Morocco … |
| Rock formations | txn:53256, Yorktown, Pisco |
About Kogia
Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene:
Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima
†Kogia pusilla, Italy, Middle Pliocene
†Kogia danomurai Pisco Formation, Peru, latest Miocene
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Kogia (revision 1347422866), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q244293.
