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XENOROPHUS
(zee-noe-roe-fus)
Xenorophus
Named By: R. Kellogg in 1923
Time Period: Oligocene
Location: USA - South Carolina - Ashley Formation & Chandler Bridge Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens but only of partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Odontoceti | Xenorophidae |
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Xenorophidae is an extinct family of odontocetes currently known from the Oligocene of the southeastern US. Known genera of xenorophids include Albertocetus, Archaeodelphis, Cotylocara, Echovenator, Inermorostrum, and Xenorophus.

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