Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: S. A. McLeod and L. G. Barnes. 2008. A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain. Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41:73-98

Belongs to Crenatocetus according to M. D. Uhen 2014

See also McLeod and Barnes 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 392014, a mandible (posterior portions of both dentaries with P/4 and molars). Its type locality is Martin Marietta New Bern Quarry, Castle Hayne Formation, which is in an Eocene coastal limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Marietta New Bern Quarry, Castle Hayne Formation

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.