Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Alternative spelling: Ichthyoletes
Full reference: R. Dehm and T. Oettingen-Spielberg. 1958. Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 91:1-54
Parent taxon: Pakicetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Benton 1993, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cooper et al. 2009, Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958, Gao and Ni 2015, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gingerich and Russell 1990, Kumar and Sahni 1985, Kumar and Sahni 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Szalay and Gould 1966, Thewissen and Hussain 1998, Thewissen et al. 1996, Thewissen et al. 2001, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2010, van Vliet 2004, West 1980 and Williams 1998
Sister taxa: Himalayacetus, Nalacetus, Pakicetus
Subtaxa: Ichthyolestes pinfoldi
Type: Ichthyolestes pinfoldi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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