
List of extinct marine megafauna of the Pleistocene
This is not an exhaustive list. Most of these species got extinct during the earliest subdivision of the Pleistocene (Gelasian).
Sharks:
Lamniformes
- Carcharodon hastalis (Early Pleistocene - Calabrian)
- Parotodus benedenii (Early Pleistocene - Calabrian)
Carcharhiniformes
- Hemipristis serra (Middle Pleistocene - Chibanian)
Cetaceans:
Mysticetes
- Balaenoptera bertae (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Eschrichtius akishimaensis (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Herpetocetus sp. (Early Pleistocene)
- Plesiocetus sp. (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Balaenula sp. (Early Pleistocene)
Delphinidae
- Platalearostrum hoekmani (Early Pleistocene)
- Orcinus citoniensis (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Orcinus paleorca (Middle Pleistocene - Chibanian)
- Hemisyntrachelus sp. (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Rododelphis stamatiadisi (Early Pleistocene)
Phocoenidae
- Semirostrum ceruttii (Early Pleistocene - Calabrian)
Physeteridae
- Scaldicetus sp. (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
- Hoplocetus sp. (Early Pleistocene - Gelasian)
Pinnipeds:
Odobenidae
- Ontocetus posti (Early Pleistocene)
Phocidae
- Neomonachus tropicalis (Late Holocene)
- Zalophus japonicus (Late Holocene)
Sirenia:
- Hydrodamalis gigas (Late Holocene)