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NEW GENUS OF DORUDONTINE ARCHAEOCETE (CETACEA) FROM THE MIDDLE-TO-LATE EOCENE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

dc.contributor.authorUhen, Mark D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGingerich, Philip D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T19:52:26Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T19:52:26Z
dc.date.issued2001-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationUhen, Mark D.; Gingerich, Philip D. (2001). "NEW GENUS OF DORUDONTINE ARCHAEOCETE (CETACEA) FROM THE MIDDLE-TO-LATE EOCENE OF SOUTH CAROLINA." Marine Mammal Science 17(1): 1-34. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73005>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0824-0469en_US
dc.identifier.issn1748-7692en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73005
dc.description.abstractA new archaeocete whale from the late middle or early late Eocene of South Carolina, Chrysocetus healyorum gen. et sp. nov., is described on the basis of a single subadult specimen. This individual includes: a partial skull; hyoid apparatus; lower jaws; teeth; all cervical, some thoracic and some lumbar vertebrae; ribs and sternum; left forelimb elements; and pelves. The specimen includes portions of much of the body, but while some of the bones are fairly complete, others are damaged, particularly the skull. The pelves resemble those of Basilosaurus , documenting a similar stage of hind limb reduction in dorudontines and suggesting that Chrysocetus was not able to support its body on land. The acetabulum for articulation of the femur is well formed and indicates that the hip joint was functional. Chrysocetus is distinguishable from other described dorudontines based on body size, characteristics of the teeth, and forelimb elements. Absence of deciduous teeth in a subadult individual of Chrysocetus may be indicative of an early stage of the evolution of monophyodonty.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights2001 by the Society for Marine Mammalogyen_US
dc.subject.otherArchaeocetien_US
dc.subject.otherBasilosauridaeen_US
dc.subject.otherDorudontinaeen_US
dc.subject.otherEoceneen_US
dc.subject.otherCross Formationen_US
dc.subject.otherInnominateen_US
dc.subject.otherPelvisen_US
dc.subject.otherHind Limben_US
dc.subject.otherMonophyodontyen_US
dc.titleNEW GENUS OF DORUDONTINE ARCHAEOCETE (CETACEA) FROM THE MIDDLE-TO-LATE EOCENE OF SOUTH CAROLINAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environmenten_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumCranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 N. Woodward Avenue, P. O. Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-0801, U. S. A. E-mail: muhen@cranbrook.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U. S. A.en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73005/1/j.1748-7692.2001.tb00979.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb00979.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceMarine Mammal Scienceen_US
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