Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull elements, maxilla, premaxilla, lower jaw, T
- Stratigraphy
- Monterey Sh
- Collection Date
- 1909
- Collector
- C. O. Roe
- Place
- Santa Barbara County, California, United States, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Types: Mammals Marine
- Mammalia Marine Type
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Ontocetus oxymycterus Kellogg
- Albicetus oxymycterus (Kellogg, 1925)
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- V10923
- Type Citation
- Kellogg. 1925. U.S.Natl.Mus.Proc. 66,art.27 1-8, pl.1-2.
- Type Status
- holotype
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Carnivora Pinnipedia Odobenidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3446197
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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