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Pakicetus inachus
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Description
Pakicetus inachus, a whale ancestor from the Early Eocene of Pakistan, after Nummelai et al., (2006), pencil drawing, digital coloring
Date 29 November 2007
Source Own work
Author Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakicetus_BW.jpg
Pakicetus is an extinct genus of amphibious cetacean of the family Pakicetidae, which was endemic to modern Pakistan during the Eocene. The vast majority of paleontologists regard it as the most basal whale. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Pakicetidae.
Species
P. inachus Gingerich & Russell 1981
P. attocki West 1980
P. calcis Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009
P. chittas Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009 |
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