Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: M. D. Uhen. 1998. New protocetid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the late middle Eocene Cook Mountain Formation of Louisiana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):664-668
Belongs to Natchitochia according to M. D. Uhen 2014
See also McLeod and Barnes 2008, Uhen 1998, Uhen 2008 and Uhen 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 16805, a partial skeleton (vertebrae). Its type locality is Natchitoches SH 478, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Cook Mountain Formation of Louisiana.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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