Dhedacetus hyaeni Bajpai and Thewissen 2014 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Full reference: S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2014. Protocetid cetaceans (Mammalia) from the Eocene of India. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(3):34A

Belongs to Dhedacetus according to S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IITR-SB 2870, a partial skeleton (partial skull and skeleton). Its type locality is Dhedidi East, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Harudi Formation of India.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dhedidi East

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