Biology:Echovenator
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Xenorophidae |
| Genus: | †Echovenator Churchill et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †E. sandersi
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| †Echovenator sandersi Churchill et al., 2016
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Echovenator ("echolocation hunter") is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina belonging to Xenorophidae.[1]
Description and paleobiology
Echovenator is distinguishable from other xenorophids in having a paranaris fossa and fused fronto-nasal and maxillo-premaxillary sutures.[2] The earbone structure shows that this odontocete was clearly capable of echolocation.[2]
References
- ↑ Lazaro, Enrico de (2016-08-08). "Echovenator sandersi: Oligocene Whale Had Ultrasonic Hearing | Paleontology | Sci-News.com" (in en-US). https://www.sci.news/paleontology/echovenator-sandersi-oligocene-whale-ultrasonic-hearing-04084.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Churchill, M. et al. (2016). "The origin of high-frequency hearing in whales". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.004..
Wikidata ☰ Q48965843 entry
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