Xenorophidae
| Xenorophidae Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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| Cotylocara | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | †Xenorophidae Uhen, 2008 |
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Xenorophidae is an extinct family of primitive odontocetes currently known from the Oligocene of the southeastern US. Known genera of xenorophids include Albertocetus, Archaeodelphis, Cotylocara, Echovenator, and Xenorophus.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ M. D. Uhen. 2008. A new Xenorophus-like odontocete cetacean form the Oligocene of North Carolina and a discussion of the basal odontocete radiation. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 6(4):433-452
- ↑ Jonathan H. Geisler, Matthew W. Colbert, James L. Carew. A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation. Nature, 2014; DOI: 10.1038/nature13086
- ↑ R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76(7):1-7
- ↑ G. M. Allen. 1921. A new fossil cetacean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 65(1):1-14
- ↑ Morgan Churchill; Manuel Martinez-Caceres; Christian de Muizon; Jessica Mnieckowski; Jonathan H. Geisler (2016). "The Origin of High-Frequency Hearing in Whales". Current Biology. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.004.
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