Carolinacetus

Carolinacetus is an extinct protocetid early whale found in the Bartonian (40.4 to 37.2 mya) Tupelo Bay Formation (33°18′N 79°42′W / 33.3°N 79.7°W, paleocoordinates 33°18′N 70°54′W / 33.3°N 70.9°W) in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Carolinacetus is known from an incomplete cranium with portions of the right inner ear, a detached rostrum, and parts of both mandibles with 11 teeth. Preserved from the postcranium are 13 vertebrae and 15 ribs. The holotype was collected in 1994.

Carolinacetus

Carolinacetus is an extinct protocetid early whale found in the Bartonian (40.4 to 37.2 mya) Tupelo Bay Formation (33°18′N 79°42′W / 33.3°N 79.7°W, paleocoordinates 33°18′N 70°54′W / 33.3°N 70.9°W) in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Carolinacetus is known from an incomplete cranium with portions of the right inner ear, a detached rostrum, and parts of both mandibles with 11 teeth. Preserved from the postcranium are 13 vertebrae and 15 ribs. The holotype was collected in 1994.