Goedertius

Goedertius is an extinct genus of river dolphin from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) Nye Formation of Oregon.

Goedertius Temporal range: Miocene 20–19 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skulls assigned to Goedertius sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Platanistoidea
Family:	†Allodelphinidae
Genus:	†Goedertius Kimura and Barnes, 2016
Species:	†G. oregonensis
Binomial name
†Goedertius oregonensis Kimura and Barnes, 2016

Description

Goedertius is distinguished from other allodelphinids by a depression on the posterior part of the rostrum, smaller nasal bones, wider dorsal opening of mesorostral canal on posterior part of rostrum, and dorsal exposures of frontals at cranial vertex smaller.^[1]