Indocetus Sahni and Mishra 1975 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: A. Sahni and V. P. Mishra. 1975. Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society of India 3:1-48

Parent taxon: Protocetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Bajpai and Thewissen 1998, Bajpai and Thewissen 2014, Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Gingerich 2011, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich et al. 1993, Gingerich and Russell 1990, Gingerich et al. 2005, Kumar and Sahni 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Sahni and Mishra 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Thewissen et al. 1996, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2014 and Williams 1998

Sister taxa: Aegyptocetus, Artiocetus, Babiacetus, Carolinacetus, Crenatocetus, Dhedacetus, Eocetus, Gaviacetus, Georgiacetinae, Georgiacetus, Indocetinae, Kharodacetus, Maiacetus, Makaracetinae, Makaracetus, Natchitochia, Pappocetinae, Pappocetus, Peregocetus, Phiomicetus, Protocetinae, Protocetus, Qaisracetus, Rodhocetus, Takracetus, Togocetus, Tupelocetus

Subtaxa: Indocetus ramani

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Type: Indocetus ramani

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (2 collections), Pakistan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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