Echovenator sandersi Churchill et al. 2016 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae

Full reference: M. Churchill, M. Martinez-Cáceres, C. Muizon, J. Mnieckowski, and J. H. Geisler. 2016. The Origin of High-Frequency Hearing in Whales. Current Biology 26:1-6

Belongs to Echovenator according to M. Churchill et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSM 1098, a skull (skull including periotcs). Its type locality is Limehouse Branch drainage ditch, which is in a Chattian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal sandstone in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Limehouse Branch drainage ditch

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