Himalayacetus
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| Himalayacetus Temporal range: Early Eocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | †Archaeoceti |
| Family: | †Ambulocetidae |
| Genus: | †Himalayacetus Monastersky, 1998 |
| Binomial name | |
| Himalayacetus subathuensis Monastersky, 1998 |
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Himalayacetus is an extinct genus of carnivorous aquatic mammal of the family Ambulocetidae from the coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean during the Eocene, living between 55.8—48.6 mya.[1]
Himalayacetus lived in the ancient coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean before the Indian Plate had collided with the Cimmerian coast. A single fossil was found in the Himalayas.
[edit] Taxonomy
Himalayacetus was named by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998).[2] Its type is Himalayacetus subathuensis. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2010). It was assigned to Pakicetidae by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998) and McLeod and Barnes (2008); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al. (2001) and Uhen (2010).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Himalayacetus, basic info
- ^ S. Bajpai and P. D. Gingerich. 1998. A new Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from India and the time of origin of whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95:15464-15468
- ^ M. D. Uhen. 2010. Mark D. Uhen's opinions.
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