Ediscetus

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Ediscetus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Genus: Ediscetus
Species:
E. osbornei
Binomial name
Ediscetus osbornei
Albright et. al., 2018

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

References

  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.