Pakicetus inachus

Pakicetus inachus

Description
Pakicetus inachus, a whale ancestor from the Early Eocene of Pakistan, after Nummelai et al., (2006), pencil drawing, digital coloring
Date 29 November 2007
Source Own work
Author Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakicetus_BW.jpg

Pakicetus is an extinct genus of amphibious cetacean of the family Pakicetidae, which was endemic to modern Pakistan during the Eocene. The vast majority of paleontologists regard it as the most basal whale. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Pakicetidae.
Species
P. inachus Gingerich & Russell 1981
P. attocki West 1980
P. calcis Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009
P. chittas Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009


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Description		Pakicetus inachus Description Pakicetus inachus, a whale ancestor from the Early Eocene of Pakistan, after Nummelai et al., (2006), pencil drawing, digital coloring Date 29 November 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakicetus_BW.jpg Pakicetus is an extinct genus of amphibious cetacean of the family Pakicetidae, which was endemic to modern Pakistan during the Eocene. The vast majority of paleontologists regard it as the most basal whale. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Pakicetidae. Species P. inachus Gingerich & Russell 1981 P. attocki West 1980 P. calcis Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009 P. chittas Cooper, Thewissen & Hussain 2009

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