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Cotylocara

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Extinct genus of odontocete cetaceans

Cotylocara
Temporal range:Late Oligocene,28.4–23.0 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Xenorophidae
Genus:Cotylocara
Geisleret al., 2014
Species:
C. macei
Binomial name
Cotylocara macei
Geisleret al., 2014 (type)

Cotylocara is a genus of primitiveodontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits of theChandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina. It belongs to theXenorophidae.

Paleobiology

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Cotylocara was capable ofecholocation like modern dolphins, as evidenced by its dense, thick and downturned rostrum, air sac fossae, cranial asymmetry, and exceptionally broad maxillae.[1]

Cotylocara anterolateral atMace Brown Museum of Natural History

References

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  1. ^Jonathan H. Geisler, Matthew W. Colbert, James L. Carew., 2014:A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation.Nature.doi:10.1038/nature13086
Odontocete genera
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
    • see below↓
Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
    • see below↓
Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Cotylocara


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