Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae
Full reference: A. E. Sanders and J. H. Geisler. 2015. A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e890107
Belongs to Ashleycetus according to A. E. Sanders and J. H. Geisler 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ChM PV6003, a partial skull (Partial skull in two pieces: (1) poste- rior portion of skull with exoccipitals and basioccipital and (2) most of rostrum, orbits, and intertemporal region but ). Its type locality is Covington Estates, which is in a Rupelian coastal horizon in the Ashley Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Covington Estates
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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