Nalacetus

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Nalacetus
Fossil range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Archaeoceti
Family: Pakicetidae
Genus: Nalacetus
Thewissen & Hussain, 1998
Binomial name
Nalacetus ratimitus
Thewissen and Hussain, 1998

Nalacetus is an extinct genus of Pakicetid. It was a wolf-sized mammal. Nalacetus is one of the earliest cetaceans. Nalacetus was a relative of Pakicetus and they belonged to the same family.

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