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Simocetus rayi
Taxonomy
Simocetus rayi was named by Fordyce (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 256517, a skull (skull & partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Emlong 718, which is in a Rupelian marine siltstone in the Alsea Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Simocetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Simocetus rayi Fordyce p. 186 figs. Fig. 2-17 |
| 2008 | Simocetus rayi Uhen et al. p. 571 |
| 2010 | Simocetus rayi Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Simocetus rayi Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1 |
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†Simocetus rayi Fordyce 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available