Olympicetus avitus 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

Belongs to Olympicetus according to J. Vélez-Juarbe 2017

Sister taxon: Olympicetus thalassodon

Type specimen: LACM 149156, a partial skull (partial skull of a juvenile individ- ual, including 15 teeth, part of the left mandibular ramus, a stylo- hyoid, cervical vertebrae 1–3; missing distal end of r). Its type locality is LACMVP 5412, which is in a Chattian offshore mudstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMVP 5412

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