Ambulocetidae
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| Ambulocetidae Fossil range: Early Eocene |
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Ambulocetidae is a family of early cetaceans that still were able to walk on land. The genus Ambulocetus, after which the family is named, is by far the most complete and well-known ambulocetid genus due to the discovery by Thewissen et al. of a very complete specimen of Ambulocetus natans. The other genus in the family, Gandakasia, is known only from a single jaw fragment.
Ambulocetid fossils have been found in India and Pakistan, the former coastline of Cimmeria. The sedimentary facies in which these fossils were found indicates that ambulocetids inhabited a shallow, swampy nearshore marine environment.
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