Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Alternative combination: Rodhocetus kasrani
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, S. M. Raza, M. Arif, M. Anwar, and X. Zhou. 1994. New whale from the Eocene of Pakistan and the origin of cetacean swimming. Nature 368:844-847
Belongs to Rodhocetus according to P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta 2014
See also Clementz et al. 2006, Gingerich et al. 1994, Gingerich et al. 2001, McLeod and Barnes 2008 and Thewissen et al. 2001
Sister taxon: Rodhocetus balochistanensis
Type specimen: GSP-UM 3012, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bozmar Nadi, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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