Simocetus (from simus, "pug-nosed", and cetus, "whale") is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, making it the oldest named toothed whale, although older unnamed toothed whales exist. [1]

Simocetus, dolphinlike toothed whale (or odontocete) from the late Oligocene (28 million to 23 million years ago) known for its unusual facial characteristics. The fossil remains of Simocetus were found in the Alsea Formation, a geologic marine sequence made up of …

Age: 30-34 Million years old, Oligocene Epoch. Range: Simocetus is only known from Oregon and inhabited the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Size: Unknown. The skull of Simocetus is approximately the same size as those of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Apr 22, 2024 · No odontocete — the echolocating toothed whales, which are the sister group of mysticetes — has ever been described from the Eocene worldwide. The geologically oldest odontocete species is the small Simocetus rayi, from the early Oligocene of Oregon 19.

Simocetus (from simus, "pug-nosed", and cetus, "whale") is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, making it the oldest named toothed whale, although older unnamed toothed whales exist.

Simocetus (from simus, "pug-nosed", and cetus, "whale") is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, making it the oldest named toothed whale, although older unnamed toothed whales exist.

Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti: Simocetidae) (new species, new genus, new family), a bizarre archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific.

Feb 25, 2014 · First and foremost is Simocetus rayi – the only formally described cetacean from this unit, a bizarre agorophiid-grade dolphin described by Fordyce (2002). Simocetus is pretty derived, and not really archaeocete-like in many regards.

Simocetus (from simus, "pug-nosed", and cetus, "whale") is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, making it the oldest named toothed whale, although older unnamed toothed whales exist.

Jul 1, 2021 · Simocetus rayi (Fig. 1) as a small archaic ‘dolphin’ from the upper Oligocene of Oregon “with features consistent with a basal position among the odontocetes.”