- Protocetidae, the
protocetids, form a paraphyletic,
diverse and
heterogeneous group of
extinct cetaceans known from Asia, Europe, Africa,
South America...
- M.S.M. &
Zalmout I.S. (2019). "Aegicetus gehennae, a new late
Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the
transition to...
- for whale) is an
extinct genus of
protocetid early whale known from the
Lutetian of ****stan. The best-known
protocetid,
Rodhocetus is
known from two partial...
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Aegicetus is an
extinct genus of
protocetid whale based on a
partial skull with much of an ****ociated
postcranial skeleton discovered in Egypt. It lived...
- States.
Fossils are
known from Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi and
protocetid fossils from the
right time frame, but not yet
confirmed as Georgiacetus...
-
during the
middle Eocene period 45
million years ago. The
first discovered protocetid,
Protocetus atavus was
described by
Fraas 1904
based on a
cranium and...
-
Aegyptocetus is an
extinct genus of
protocetid archaeocete whale known from Egypt.
Aegyptocetus is
known from the
articulated holotype MSNTUP I-15459,...
-
variety of
teeth suggests diverse feeding modes in
protocetids. In both
remingtonocetids and
protocetids, the size of the
mandibular foramen had increased...
- ton". AP News.
Retrieved 19
April 2024. Bajpai, S; Thewissen, J (2014). "
Protocetid cetaceans (Mammalia) from the
Eocene of India".
Palaeontologia Electronica...
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Qaisracetus is an
extinct protocetid early whale known from the
Eocene (Lutetian, 48.6 to 40.4
million years ago) of Baluchistan, ****stan (31°00′N 70°12′E...
