†Artiocetus clavis Gingerich et al. 2001 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Haq, I. S. Zalmout, I. H. Khan, and M. S. Malkani. 2001. Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: Hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan. Science 293:2239-2242
Belongs to Artiocetus according to P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta 2014
See also Gingerich 2012, Gingerich et al. 2001, McLeod and Barnes 2008 and van Vliet 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSP-UM 3458, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Habib Rahi Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kunvit, Habib Rahi Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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