Rayanistes Bebej et al. 2015 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Full reference: R. M. Bebej, I. S. Zalmout, A. A. A. El-Aziz, M. S. M. Antar, and P. D. Gingerich. 2015. First remingtonocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of Egypt with implications for biogeography and locomotion in early cetacean evolution. Journal of Paleontology 89(5):882-893

Parent taxon: Remingtonocetidae according to R. M. Bebej et al. 2015

See also Berta 2017

Sister taxa: Andrewsiphiinae, Remingtonocetinae

Subtaxa: Rayanistes afer

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Type: Rayanistes afer

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Qusour el Arab (Eocene of Egypt)

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