Ediscetus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of aquatic mammals}}

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| fossil_range = Early Oligocene

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| genus = Ediscetus

| species = osbornei

| authority = Albright et. al., 2018

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Ediscetus is an extinct genus of cetacean that inhabited South Carolina during the Rupelian. It contains the species E. osbornei.{{Cite journal |last1=Albright |first1=L. Barry |last2=Sanders |first2=Albert E. |last3=Geisler |first3=Jonathan H. |date=4 July 2018 |title=An unexpectedly derived odontocete from the Ashley Formation (upper Rupelian) of South Carolina, U.S.A. |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2018.1482555 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=(1)–(15) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1482555 |issn=0272-4634 |access-date=6 February 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}

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