| Echovenator Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Xenorophidae |
| Genus: | †Echovenator Churchill et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †E. sandersi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Echovenator sandersi Churchill et al., 2016
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Echovenator ("echolocation hunter") is a genus of primitive odontocete from late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in South Carolina. It belongs to the Xenorophidae.[1]
- ^ Lazaro, Enrico de (2016-08-08). "Echovenator sandersi: Oligocene Whale Had Ultrasonic Hearing | Paleontology | Sci-News.com". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2023-12-06.