Dalanistes Gingerich et al. 1995 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, and W. C. Clyde. 1995. New archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(11):291-330

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

See also Bajpai et al. 2011, Bebej et al. 2015, Berta 2017, Clementz et al. 2006, Cooper et al. 2014, Gao and Ni 2015, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gingerich et al. 1995, Gingerich et al. 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Thewissen and Bajpai 2009, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2010, Uhen et al. 2011, van Vliet 2004 and Williams 1998

Sister taxa: Attockicetus, Remingtonocetus

Subtaxa: Dalanistes ahmedi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

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

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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