Pakicetidae Temporal range: Early Eocene,
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Pakicetus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Pakicetidae Thewissen, Madar & Hussain 1996 |
Genera | |
Pakicetidae ("Pakistani whales") is an extinct family of Archaeoceti (early whales) that lived during the Early Eocene in Pakistan.[1] Unlike modern cetaceans, they had well-developed limbs and were capable of walking. The species included were fox to wolf-sized.[2]
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