†Kutchicetus Bajpai and Thewissen 2000 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae
Full reference: S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2000. A new, diminutive Eocene whale from Kachchh (Gujarat, India) and its implications for locomotor evolution. Current Science 79(10):1478-1482
Parent taxon: Andrewsiphiinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bajpai and Thewissen 2000, Bajpai et al. 2011, Bebej et al. 2015, Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich et al. 2001, Thewissen and Bajpai 2009, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2010 and van Vliet 2004
Sister taxon: Andrewsiphius
Subtaxa: Kutchicetus minimus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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