Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: A. S. Gohar, M. S. Antar, R. W. Boessenecker, D. A. Sabry, S. El-Sayed, E. R. Seiffert, I. S. Zalmout and H. M. Sallam. 2021. A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(20211368):1-7
Belongs to Phiomicetus according to A. S. Gohar et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUVP 500, a partial skeleton (associated partial skeleton of a single individ- ual including the cranium, the right mandible, incomplete left mandible, isolated teeth, the fifth cervical, an). Its type locality is Al Amaim, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Midawara Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Al Amaim
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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