Salishicetus
Name:
Salishicetus
(Salish whale).
Phonetic: Sal-ish-e-see-tus.
Named By: C. M. Peredo & N. D.
Pyenson - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Aetiocetidae.
Species: S. meadi (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: USA, Washington State.
Time period: Chattian of the Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial Skull and jaw.
Salishicetus
is a genus of toothed baleen whale
that lived during the Oligocene
period.
Further reading
- Salishicetus meadi, a new aetiocetid from the
late Oligocene of
Washington State and implications for feeding transitions in early
mysticete evolution. - Royal Society Open Science
5(4):172336. - C. M. Peredo & N. D. Pyenson
- 2018.
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