†Ashleycetus Sanders and Geisler 2015 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae
Full reference: A. E. Sanders and J. H. Geisler. 2015. A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e890107
Parent taxon: Xenorophidae according to J. Velez-Juarbe 2023
See also Berta 2017, Marx et al. 2016 and Sanders and Geisler 2015
Sister taxa: Albertocetus, Archaeodelphis, Cotylocara, Echovenator, Inermorostrum, Mirocetus, Xenorophus
Subtaxa: Ashleycetus planicapitis
Type: Ashleycetus planicapitis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Covington Estates (Oligocene of South Carolina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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