Carolinacetus, GEISLER & SANDERS & LUO, 2005

GEISLER, JONATHAN H., SANDERS, ALBERT E. & LUO, ZHE-XI, 2005, A New Protocetid Whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the Late Middle Eocene of South Carolina, American Museum Novitates 3480 (1), pp. 1-66 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)480[0001:ANPWCA]2.0.CO;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466595
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE0A7F-241E-FFE5-FCBB-86442422FBF0
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Carolinacetus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Carolinacetus , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Same as for the species.

ETYMOLOGY: The generic name recognizes South Carolina, USA, as the origin of the holotype .

TYPE SPECIES: Carolinacetus gingerichi , new species.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Protocetidae

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