Mammalia - Cetacea - Ambulocetidae
Full reference: J. G. M. Thewissen, S. T. Hussain, and M. Arif. 1994. Fossil evidence for the origin of aquatic locomotion in archaeocete whales. Science 263:210-212
Parent taxon: Ambulocetidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gingerich 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Spaulding et al. 2009, Thewissen et al. 1994, Thewissen et al. 1996, Thewissen et al. 2001, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2010, van Vliet 2004 and Williams 1998
Sister taxon: Gandakasia
Subtaxa: Ambulocetus natans
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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