†Rodhocetus balochistanensis Gingerich et al. 2001 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Haq, I. S. Zalmout, I. H. Khan, and M. S. Malkani. 2001. Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: Hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan. Science 293:2239-2242
Belongs to Rodhocetus according to P. D. Gingerich 2012
See also Gingerich et al. 2001, McLeod and Barnes 2008 and van Vliet 2004
Sister taxon: Rodhocetus kasranii
Type specimen: GSP-UM 3485, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Habib Rahi Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation
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