Gandakasia

Name: Gandakasia.
Phonetic: Gan-dak-a-se-ah.
Named By: R.‭ ‬Dehm‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Oettingen-Spielberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1958.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Archaeoceti,‭ ‬Ambulocetidae.
Species: G.‭ ‬potens‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of teeth.
Known locations: Pakistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kuldana Formation.
Time period: Lutetian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Teeth.

       Gandakasia is a little known genus of primitive whale from Pakistan,‭ ‬and not surprising given that the genus was named only upon the description of teeth.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse‭ ‬91:1-54.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Dehm‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Oettingen-Spielberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1958.



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