Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. al-Haq, W. Koenigswald, W. J. Sanders, B. H. Smith and I. S. Zalmout. 2009. New protocetid whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on land, precocial development, and sexual dimorphism. PLoS One 4(2):1-20

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

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci and Gingerich 2011, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich 2012, Gingerich et al. 2009, Uhen 2014 and Uhen et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Aegyptocetus, Artiocetus, Babiacetus, Carolinacetus, Crenatocetus, Dhedacetus, Eocetus, Gaviacetus, Georgiacetinae, Georgiacetus, Indocetinae, Indocetus, Kharodacetus, Makaracetinae, Makaracetus, Natchitochia, Pappocetinae, Pappocetus, Peregocetus, Phiomicetus, Protocetinae, Protocetus, Qaisracetus, Rodhocetus, Takracetus, Togocetus, Tupelocetus

Subtaxa: Maiacetus inuus

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Type: Maiacetus inuus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation (Eocene of Pakistan)

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