Eomysticetus whitmorei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cetacea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea

Familia: †Eomysticetidae
Genus: †Eomysticetus
Species: †Eomysticetus whitmorei

Name

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

Primary references

• 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.