Cotylocara macei Geisler et al. 2014 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae

Full reference: J. H. Geisler, M. W. Colbert, and J. L. Carew. 2014. A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation. Nature

Belongs to Cotylocara according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCNHM-101, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton). Its type locality is College Park drainage ditch, which is in a Chattian shoreface sandstone in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at College Park drainage ditch

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