Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

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

Belongs to Gaviacetus according to P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta 2014

See also Gingerich et al. 1995, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Thewissen et al. 2001 and Uhen 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSP-UM3095, a skull (skull & vertebra, including a sacral). Its type locality is Basti Ahmed, which is in a Lutetian offshore shelf shale/limestone in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Basti Ahmed

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.