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Short description: Extinct genus of cetaceans
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Xenorophidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeodelphis Allen, 1921 |
| Species: | †A. patrius
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| †Archaeodelphis patrius Allen, 1921
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Archaeodelphis is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete cetacean from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina, and belonging to the family Xenorophidae.
Description
Archaeodelphis has polydont teeth, like other xenorophids.[1][2]
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
- ↑ G. M. Allen. 1921. A new fossil cetacean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 65(1):1-14.
Wikidata ☰ Q54914888 entry
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