''Archaeodelphis'' is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete
cetacean
Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel them ...
from late Oligocene (
Chattian
The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...
) marine deposits in
South Carolina, and belonging to the family
Xenorophidae.
Description
''Archaeodelphis'' has
polydont teeth, like other xenorophids.
[G. M. Allen. 1921. A new fossil cetacean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 65(1):1-14.]
References
Oligocene cetaceans
Fossil taxa described in 1921
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