title: Fragilicetus
text: # Fragilicetus
  
  Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.
  
  ## Description
  
  Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).
  
  