Himalayacetus subathuensis Bajpai and Gingerich 1998 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae

Full reference: S. Bajpai and P. D. Gingerich. 1998. A new Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from India and the time of origin of whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95:15464-15468

Belongs to Himalayacetus according to P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta 2014

See also Bajpai and Gingerich 1998, Clementz et al. 2006, Gingerich 2012, McLeod and Barnes 2008 and Thewissen et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RUSB 2003, a mandible. Its type locality is Kuthar Nala, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in the Subathu Formation of India.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kuthar Nala

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