Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae
Full reference: L. N. Cooper, J. G. M. Thewissen, and S. T. Hussain. 2009. New middle Eocene archaeocetes (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Kuldana Formation of northern Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1289-1299
Belongs to Pakicetus according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 2017
See also Cooper et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Pakicetus attocki, Pakicetus calcis, Pakicetus inachus
Type specimen: H-GSP 97254, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p4- m1, and trigonid of m2). Its type locality is Shepherd's Lake, which is in a Lutetian coastal limestone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shepherd's Lake
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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