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Echovenator fossil map

Where fossils of Echovenator have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived27.3–5.333 million years ago (Chattian to Messinian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
FamilyXenorophidae
Named byChurchill et al. 2016
Fossil records8 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationstxn:135852, Chandler Bridge, Belgrade

About Echovenator

Echovenator ("echolocation hunter") is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Echovenator (revision 1237601536), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q48965843.

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