Eomysticetus whitmorei
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Eomysticetidae
Genus: †Eomysticetus
Species: †Eomysticetus whitmorei
Name
[edit]Eomysticetus whitmorei Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 315
Holotype: ChM PV4253
Type locality: "South Carolina, Dorchester County, Greenhurst Subdivision, west bank of drainage ditch at junction with Chandler Bridge Creek, 0.16 km southwest of Jamison Road (County Road 377), approximately 32°52'54"N and 80°09'30"W"; 5.7 m a.s.l.
Eponymy: Frank C. Whitmore, Jr. [Sanders & Barnes, 2002: 317]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Sanders, A.E. & Barnes, L.G. 2002. Paleontology of the Late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 3: Eomysticetidae, a New Family of Primitive Mysticetes (Mammalia: Cetacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93: 313–356. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810266.93 Reference page.