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Collector:
Douglas R. Emlong  Search this
Type Citation:
Fordyce, R. 1981. Jour.Paleontology. 55 (n.5): 1033, 1034,1035,1040.
De Muizon, C. 1990. Bull.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat., Paris, 4 Ser. 12,sec.c (n.3-4): 289, ment.
Fordyce, R., Ray, C. E. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. 93 185 - 222.
Type Status:
holotype
Place:
Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, North America
Collection Date:
3 Aug 1977
Geologic Age:
Cenozoic - Paleogene - Oligocene - Zemorrian
Record Last Modified:
24 Oct 2024
Skeletal Morphology:
Skull, Axial elements
Stratigraphy:
Alsea Slts
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Cetacea Odontoceti Simocetidae
Published Name:
Simocetus rayi Fordyce, 2002
Agorophius aff. sp
USNM Number:
PAL256517
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Paleogeneral
Mammals Marine
Mammalia Marine
Paleobiology
Data Source:
NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334340763-6902-4caf-98f7-bb23226c98d7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_3431667