Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Synonym: Mesocetus Fraas 1904 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleozän von Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologisches Centralblatt 5(1048):374
Parent taxon: Protocetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Abel 1914, Abel 1919, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Fraas 1904, Fraas 1904, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich et al. 2005, Gingerich and Zouhri 2015, Goldin et al. 2012, Goldin and Zvonok 2013, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1936, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Slijper 1936, Stromer 1908, Uhen 1999, Uhen 2001, Uhen 2002, Uhen 2008, Uhen 2014, Uhen and Berndt 2008, Uhen et al. 2011, van Vliet 2004 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Aegyptocetus, Artiocetus, Babiacetus, Carolinacetus, Crenatocetus, Dhedacetus, Gaviacetus, Georgiacetinae, Georgiacetus, Indocetinae, Indocetus, Kharodacetus, Maiacetus, Makaracetinae, Makaracetus, Natchitochia, Pappocetinae, Pappocetus, Peregocetus, Phiomicetus, Protocetinae, Protocetus, Qaisracetus, Rodhocetus, Takracetus, Togocetus, Tupelocetus
Subtaxa: Eocetus drazindai Eocetus schweinfurthi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Pakistan (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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