Name: Albicetus
(white whale).
Phonetic: Al-be-see-tus.
Named By: A. T. Boersma & N. D.
Pyenson - 2015.
Synonyms: Ontocetus oxymycterus,
Scaldicetus oxymycterus.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetaca,
Physeteroidea.
Species: A. oxymycterus
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly estimated about 6 meters long.
Known locations: Japan - Kadonosawa Formation,
Kunnui Formation, Yuda Formation. USA, California - Monterey
Formation.
Time period: Langhian to Serravallian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skulls.
Albicetus is a genus of whale that lived in Pacific Ocean during the Miocene.
Further reading
- A fossil physeteroid cetacean from Santa Barbara County
California. - Proceedings of the United States National Museum
66(27):1-8. - R. Kellogg - 1925.
- Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and
Redescription of a
Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of
California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales. -
PLoS One 10(12):e0135551. - A. T. Boersma &
N. D. Pyenson - 2015.
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