Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Full reference: J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain. 1998. Systematic review of the Pakicetidae, early and middle Eocene Cetacea (Mammalia) from Pakistan and India. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:220-238
Belongs to Nalacetus according to J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain 1998
See also Gingerich et al. 2017 and McLeod and Barnes 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: H-GSP 18521, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is H-GSP 62, which is in a Lutetian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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