Cotylocara
Sign in to saveCotylocara is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits of the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.
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Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 2014, Oligocene cetaceans and Xenorophidae.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Cotylocara is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits of the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.
==Paleobiology== Cotylocara was capable of echolocation like modern dolphins, as evidenced by its dense, thick and downturned rostrum, air sac fossae, cranial asymmetry, and exceptionally broad maxillae. thumb|Cotylocara anterolateral at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History ==References==
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