Albertocetus

Albertocetus is an extinct genus of primitive odontocete cetacean from early Oligocene marine deposits in North Carolina, and belonging to the family Xenorophidae.

Description

Albertocetus is a relatively small whale, measuring long and weighing approximately. It is distinguished from other xenorophids in having a large lacrimal bone, a steep ascending process of the maxilla, a short but present intertemporal constriction with a sagittal crest, and a tall median ridge on the premaxilla. The teeth were heterodont and may have been polydont because other xenorophids are polydont.