-
which the
family is named, is by far the most
complete and well-known
ambulocetid genus due to the
excavation of an 80%
complete specimen of Ambulocetus...
- jaws. In the Eocene,
ambulocetids inhabited the bays and
estuaries of the
Tethys Sea in
northern ****stan. The
fossils of
ambulocetids are
always found in...
- fast-pursuit predators. Also
known exclusively from ****stan and India, the
ambulocetids include the
oldest known whale, Himalayacetus,
which is
believed to be...
-
Gandakasia is an
extinct genus of
ambulocetid from ****stan, that
lived in the
Eocene epoch. It
probably caught its prey near
rivers or streams. Just...
-
suggested that
mesonychians gave rise to ****cetids,
which gave rise to
ambulocetids,
which gave rise to both
protocetids and remingtonocetids.: 69–71 Though...
- In the Eocene,
ambulocetids inhabited the bays and
estuaries of the
Tethys Ocean in
northern ****stan. The
fossils of
ambulocetids are
always found...
-
Image Ambulocetus A.
natans H-GSP Loc. 9209 & 9204
Several specimens. An
ambulocetid cetacean.
Artiodactyla indet.
Chorlakki An
astragalus and two calcaneum...
- is only
known from a
single jaw fragment,
making comparisons to
other ambulocetids difficult. Upon its discovery,
Himalayacetus was
described as a ****cetid...
-
adapted for
hearing in water.
Babiacetus differs from ****cetids and
ambulocetids (more
primitive families) by the
large mandibular foramen and a medially...
