Olympicetus Vélez-Juarbe 2017 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Simocetidae

Full reference: J. Vélez-Juarbe. 2017. A new stem odontocete from the late Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(5):e1366916

Parent taxon: Simocetidae according to J. Velez-Juarbe 2023

See also Vélez-Juarbe 2017

Sister taxon: Simocetus

Subtaxa: Olympicetus avitus Olympicetus thalassodon

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Type: Olympicetus avitus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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