| Title | Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti: Simocetidae, New Family): a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the Eastern North Pacific |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Fordyce, Ewan R. |
| Secondary Title | Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |
| Volume | no.93 |
| Pagination | p.185-222 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley QE701 .S5 no.93 |
| Keywords | Alsea Formation, marine mammals, new species description, paleosciences, taxonomy, Yaquina River |
| Notes | Describes a fossil skull of an unusual archaic dolphin, which "was perhaps a bottom feeder that preyed through suction feeding on soft-bodied invertebrates." This species is believed to have had echolocation abilities. The specimen was found "[near the] intersection of North Yaquina Bay Road and Toledo Road, Lincoln County, USA." |
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