Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 2019. Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail- powered swimming in whales. PLoS Once 14(12):e0225391
Belongs to Aegicetus according to P. D. Gingerich 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CGM 60584, a partial skeleton (par- tial cranium, partial dentition, much of the vertebral column, a nearly complete rib cage, much of the forelimb, and much of the hind limb). Its type locality is WH-203, which is in a Priabonian coastal shale/sandstone in the Gehannam Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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