Simocetus rayi Fordyce, 2002: D: Rib

Object Details

Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Oligocene - Zemorrian
Record Last Modified: 24 Oct 2024
Skeletal Morphology: Skull, Axial elements
Stratigraphy: Alsea Slts

Collection Date: 3 Aug 1977

Collector: Douglas R. Emlong

Place: Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, North America

See more items in: Paleogeneral; Mammals Marine; Mammalia Marine; Paleobiology

Published Name: Simocetus rayi Fordyce, 2002; Agorophius aff. sp

Data Source: NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

USNM Number: PAL256517

Type Citation: Fordyce, R. 1981. Jour.Paleontology. 55 (n.5): 1033, 1034,1035,1040.; De Muizon, C. 1990. Bull.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat., Paris, 4 Ser. 12,sec.c (n.3-4): 289, ment.; Fordyce, R., Ray, C. E. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. 93 185 - 222.
Type Status: holotype

Taxonomy: Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Cetacea Odontoceti Simocetidae

Record ID: nmnhpaleobiology_3431667

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334340763-6902-4caf-98f7-bb23226c98d7

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