Echovenator

Echovenator is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene marine deposits in South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.

Description and paleobiology

Echovenator is distinguishable from other xenorophids in having a paranaris fossa and fused fronto-nasal and maxillo-premaxillary sutures. The earbone structure shows that this odontocete was clearly capable of echolocation.