Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: R. C. Hulbert, R. M. Petkewich, G. A. Bishop, D. Bukry, and D. P. Aleshire. 1998. A new middle Eocene protocetid whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and associated biota from Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):907-927
Belongs to Georgiacetus according to M. D. Uhen 2014
See also Fitzgerald 2010, Hulbert et al. 1998, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Uhen 2008 and Uhen 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSM 350, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the Blue Bluff Formation of Georgia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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