Attockicetus Thewissen and Hussain 2000 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Full reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain. 2000. Attockicetus praecursor, a new remingtonocetid cetacean from marine Eocene sediments of Pakistan. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 7(3):133-146

Parent taxon: Remingtonocetinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Bajpai et al. 2011, Bebej et al. 2015, Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Thewissen and Hussain 2000, Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2010 and van Vliet 2004

Sister taxa: Dalanistes, Remingtonocetus

Subtaxa: Attockicetus praecursor

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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