Archaeodelphis Temporal range:
Late Oligocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | † Xenorophidae |
Genus: | †
Archaeodelphis Allen, 1921 |
Species: | †A. patrius
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Binomial name | |
†Archaeodelphis patrius Allen, 1921
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Archaeodelphis is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete cetacean from late Oligocene ( Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina, and belonging to the family Xenorophidae.
Archaeodelphis has polydont teeth, like other xenorophids. [1] [2]