Idiorophus

Idiorophus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~
I. patagonicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: Idiorophus
Kellogg, 1925
Species
  • I. bolzanensis Dal Piaz, 1916
  • I. patagonicus Lydekker, 1894
Synonyms
  • Apenophyseter Cabrera, 1926

Idiorophus is a genus of extinct toothed whales in the family Physeteridae. Fossils have been found in the Colhuehuapian Gaiman Formation of Argentina and the Libano Sandstone in Italy.

The teeth of Idiorophus were similar in size to those of the modern orca.