A new protocetid whale (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American museum novitates

• Main Authors: Geisler, Jonathan H., Sanders, Albert E., Luo, Zhe-Xi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History 2005
• Subjects: QL1 .A436 no.3480; 2005; Carolinacetus gingerichi; Whales; Fossil > South Carolina > Berkeley County; Cetacea; Mammals; Paleontology > Eocene > South Carolina > Berkeley County; Paleontology > South Carolina > Berkeley County; Archaeocetes > Phylogeny; Protocetidae > Dispersal; Geology; Stratigraphic > Eocene > South Carolina > Berkeley County; Geology > South Carolina > Berkeley County; Greenland; Nares
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5671

65 p. : ill., maps 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-58). A new genus and species of protocetid cetacean, Carolinacetus gingerichi, is described from a partial skull, the posterior portion of both dentaries, 13 vertebrae, and elements of 15 ribs found in the Cross Member of the late...