Albertocetus

Albertocetus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene, 28.4–23.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Xenorophidae
Genus:Albertocetus
Uhen, 2008
Type species
Albertocetus meffordorum
Uhen, 2008

Albertocetus is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete cetacean from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in North Carolina, and belonging to the family Xenorophidae.

Description

Albertocetus is distinguished from other xenorophids in having a large lacrimal bone, a steep ascending process of the maxilla, a short but present intertemporal constriction with a sagittal crest, and a tall median ridge on the premaxilla. The teeth were heterodont, and may have been polydont, because other xenorophids are polydont.[1]

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