Ediscetus

Ediscetus; Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Genus:	† Ediscetus
Species:	†E. osbornei
Binomial name
	†Ediscetus osbornei; Albright et. al., 2018

Last updated May 25, 2025

Ediscetus is an extinct genus of cetacean that inhabited South Carolina during the Rupelian. It contains the species E. osbornei.^[1]

References

↑ Albright, L. Barry; Sanders, Albert E.; Geisler, Jonathan H. (4 July 2018). "An unexpectedly derived odontocete from the Ashley Formation (upper Rupelian) of South Carolina, U.S.A." . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 38 (4): (1)–(15). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1482555. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 6 February 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Albright, L. Barry; Sanders, Albert E.; Geisler, Jonathan H. (4 July 2018). "An unexpectedly derived odontocete from the Ashley Formation (upper Rupelian) of South Carolina, U.S.A." . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 38 (4): (1)–(15). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1482555. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 6 February 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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