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Cotylocara
Extinct genus of odontocete cetaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cotylocara is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits of the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.
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Cotylocara | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Xenorophidae |
Genus: | †Cotylocara Geisler et al., 2014 |
Species: | †C. macei |
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†Cotylocara macei Geisler et al., 2014 (type) | |
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