Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Aegyptocetus tarfa, n. gen. et sp. (Mammalia, Cetacea), from the middle Eocene of Egypt: clinorhynchy, olfaction, and hearing in a protocetid whale. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1173-1188

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

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci and Gingerich 2011, Gao and Ni 2015 and Uhen 2014

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

Subtaxa: Aegyptocetus tarfa

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Type: Aegyptocetus tarfa

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khashm el-Raqaba (Eocene of Egypt)

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