Goedertius is distinguished from other allodelphinids by a depression on the posterior part of the rostrum, smaller nasal bones, wider dorsal opening of mesorostral canal on posterior part of rostrum, and dorsal exposures of frontals at cranial vertex smaller.[1]
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^Toshiyuki Kimura and Lawrence G. Barnes (2016). "New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean". Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20: 1–58.
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goedertius, extinct, genus, river, dolphin, from, early, miocene, burdigalian, formation, oregon, temporal, range, miocene, preꞒ, skulls, assigned, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, mammalia, order, arti. Goedertius is an extinct genus of river dolphin from the early Miocene Burdigalian Nye Formation of Oregon GoedertiusTemporal range Miocene 20 19 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Skulls assigned to Goedertius sp Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Artiodactyla Infraorder Cetacea Superfamily Platanistoidea Family Allodelphinidae Genus GoedertiusKimura and Barnes 2016 Species G oregonensis Binomial name Goedertius oregonensisKimura and Barnes 2016Description editGoedertius is distinguished from other allodelphinids by a depression on the posterior part of the rostrum smaller nasal bones wider dorsal opening of mesorostral canal on posterior part of rostrum and dorsal exposures of frontals at cranial vertex smaller 1 References edit Toshiyuki Kimura and Lawrence G Barnes 2016 New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae Cetacea Odontoceti Platanistoidea from the North Pacific Ocean Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20 1 58 nbsp This prehistoric cetacean related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Goedertius amp oldid 1047260529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
