- for the rest of the
protocetids based on
their degree of
aquatic adaptation: Protocetinae-
Protocetines are
Lutetian protocetids with
generalized skulls...
-
variety of
teeth suggests diverse feeding modes in
protocetids. In both
remingtonocetids and
protocetids, the size of the
mandibular foramen had increased...
-
partial dentary with an
unfused mandibular symphysis, a
characteristic of
protocetids.
Large parts of the
axial skeleton including cervical,
thoracic and proximal...
-
metacone (unlike Maiacetus), and are,
relative to P4,
longer than in
other protocetids.
Kharodacetus was
originally described as a
species of Gaviacetus, G...
-
characteristic of the weight-bearing
system of land-living
mammals retained in
protocetids, such as
Rodhocetus and Qaisracetus, but
absent in the more
derived basilosaurids...
- ****cetids,
which gave rise to ambulocetids,
which gave rise to both
protocetids and remingtonocetids.: 69–71
Though middle-to-late-Eocene archaeocetes...
-
metres (8.2 ft) long, but was
probably primitive in some respects. Many
protocetids (like Maiacetus, Rodhocetus)
possessed well
developed innominates and...
-
chose the name due to the
superficial similarity between the
skulls of
protocetids and canids.
Phiomicetus is
placed in the transitional,
semiaquatic family...
- skull)
collected in the
Harudi Formation.
Babiacetus is one of the
larger protocetids weighing about 830
kilograms (1,830 lb). Its
hydrodynamic skull and pointed...
- the only
trained river dolphin in captivity. Uhen, M.D. (2008). "New
protocetid whales from
Alabama and Mississippi, and a new
Cetacean clade, Pelagiceti"...
