Nalacetus

Nal-ah-see-tus.
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Name

Nalacetus.

Phonetic

Nal-ah-see-tus.

Named By

J.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Thewissen‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Hussain‭ ‬-‭ ‬1998.

Classification

Chordata Mamamlia,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Archaeoceti,‭ ‬Pakicetidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬ratimitus‭

Size

Skull estimated to be about‭ ‬20‭ ‬centimetres long.‭

Known locations

Pakistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kuldana Formation.

Time Period

Lutetian of the Eocene.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       A relative of the better known Pakicetus,‭ ‬Nalacetus also lived in Pakistan during the Eocene.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Systematic review of the Pakicetidae,‭ ‬early and middle Eocene Cetacea‭ (‬Mammalia‭) ‬from Pakistan and India.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History‭ ‬34:220-238.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Thewissen‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Hussain‭ ‬-‭ ‬1998. – New middle Eocene archaeocetes (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Kuldana Formation of northern Pakistan. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 104 (4): 1289–99. – L. N. Cooper, J. G. M. Thewissen & S. T. Hussain – 2009.

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