- 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...
- Melon-headed
whale South Asian river dolphin Minke whale Uhen, M.D. (2008). "New
protocetid whales from
Alabama and Mississippi, and a new
Cetacean clade, Pelagiceti"...
- M.S.M. &
Zalmout I.S. (2019). "Aegicetus gehennae, a new late
Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the
transition to...
- ****cetids,
which gave rise to ambulocetids,
which gave rise to both
protocetids and remingtonocetids.: 69–71
Though middle-to-late-Eocene archaeocetes...
-
chose the name due to the
superficial similarity between the
skulls of
protocetids and canids.
Phiomicetus is
placed in the transitional,
semiaquatic family...
-
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...
- skull)
collected in the
Harudi Formation.
Babiacetus is one of the
larger protocetids. Its
hydrodynamic skull and pointed,
anteroposteriorly (front-back) oriented...
-
restricted to the
Indian Subcontinent until the
evolution of the
marine "
protocetids".
Eocene India is also rich in bat remains,
including many representatives...
