Biology:Olympicetus
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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| Holotype skull of O. thalassodon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Genus: | †Olympicetus Velez-Juarbe 2017 |
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| †Olympicetus avitus Velez-Juarbe 2017
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Life reconstruction of O. thalassodon alongside plotopterid birds
Olympicetus (meaning Olympic cetacean) is an extinct genus of small simocetid toothed whales that lived during the Oligocene epoch in what is now the coasts of Washington (state) , about 33.7 million to 26.5 million years ago. The type species is Olympicetus avitus, known from the littoral Pysht Formation and described in 2017.[1] A second species, Olympicetus thalassodon, was named in 2023 and it is also known from this formation.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2017). "A new stem odontocete from the late Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (5): e1366916. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1366916. Bibcode: 2017JVPal..37E6916V.
- ↑ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2023). "New heterodont odontocetes from the Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A., and a reevaluation of Simocetidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ 11: e15576. doi:10.7717/peerj.15576. PMID 37377790.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q121366910 entry
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