Albertocetus
Appearance
Albertocetus Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Xenorophidae |
Genus: | †Albertocetus Uhen, 2008 |
Type species | |
Albertocetus meffordorum Uhen, 2008
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Albertocetus is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete cetacean from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in North Carolina, and belonging to the family Xenorophidae.
Description
Albertocetus is distinguished from other xenorophids in having a large lacrimal bone, a steep ascending process of the maxilla, a short but present intertemporal constriction with a sagittal crest, and a tall median ridge on the premaxilla. The teeth were heterodont, and may have been polydont, because other xenorophids are polydont.[1]
References
- ^ M. D. Uhen. 2008. A new Xenorophus-like odontocete cetacean from the Oligocene of North Carolina and a discussion of the basal odontocete radiation. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):433-452