†Simocetus Fordyce 2002 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Simocetidae
Full reference: R. E. Fordyce. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:185-222
Parent taxon: Simocetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Fitzgerald 2010, Fordyce 2002, Geisler et al. 2011, Uhen 2008, Uhen et al. 2008 and Velez-Juarbe 2023
Sister taxon: Olympicetus
Subtaxa: Simocetus rayi
Type: Simocetus rayi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Emlong 718 (Oligocene of Oregon)
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