†Makaracetus bidens Gingerich et al. 2005 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, I. S. Zalmout, M. Ul-Haq and M. A. Bhatti. 2005. Makracetus bidens, a new protocetid archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early middle Eocene of Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(9):197-210
Belongs to Makaracetus according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPS-UM 3570, a skull. Its type locality is Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Habib Rahi Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation
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