Carolinacetus, GEISLER & SANDERS & LUO, 2005

GEISLER, JONATHAN H., SANDERS, ALBERT E. & LUO, ZHE-XI, 2005, A New Protocetid Whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the Late Middle Eocene of South Carolina, American Museum Novitates 3480 (1), pp. 1-66 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)480[0001:ANPWCA]2.0.CO;2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466595

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE0A7F-241E-FFE5-FCBB-86442422FBF0

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Carolina

scientific name

Carolinacetus
status

gen. nov.

Carolinacetus , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Same as for the species.

ETYMOLOGY: The generic name recognizes South Carolina, USA, as the origin of the holotype .

TYPE SPECIES: Carolinacetus gingerichi , new species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Protocetidae

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