Olympicetus

Olympicetus
Temporal range: Oligocene
(Rupelian-Chattian), ~33.7–26.5 Ma
Holotype skull of O. thalassodon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Genus: Olympicetus
Velez-Juarbe 2017
Type species
Olympicetus avitus
Velez-Juarbe 2017
Other species
  • O. thalassodon
    Velez-Juarbe 2023
Life reconstruction of O. thalassodon alongside plotopterid birds

Olympicetus (meaning Olympic cetacean) is an extinct genus of small simocetid toothed whales that lived during the Oligocene epoch in what is now the coasts of Washington, about 33.7 million to 26.5 million years ago. The type species is Olympicetus avitus, known from the littoral Pysht Formation and described in 2017. A second species, Olympicetus thalassodon, was named in 2023 and it is also known from this formation.

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