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Remingtonocetus
Fossil range: Middle Eocene |
Life restoration of Remingtonocetus harudiniensis.
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- R. harudiensis Kumar and Sahni, 1986 (type)
- R. domandaensis Gingerich et al., 2001
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Remingtonocetus is an extinct genus of early whale. Two species have been described: the type species R. harudiensis, from the middle Eocene some 46-43 million years ago of India and Pakistan; and R. domandaensis, from the middle Eocene of Pakistan.
[edit] Sources
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, and Kit M. Kovacs
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
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