†Carolinacetus gingerichi Geisler et al. 2005 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: J. H. Geisler, A. E. Sanders, and Z. Luo. 2005. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480:1-65
Belongs to Carolinacetus according to M. D. Uhen 2014
See also Geisler et al. 2005, McLeod and Barnes 2008 and Uhen 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ChM PV5401, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry, Cross Member, which is in a Bartonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry, Cross Member
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