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    Archaeoceti ("ancient whales"), or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to...
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    Pakicetidae ("Pakistani whales") is an extinct family of Archaeoceti (early whales) that lived during the Early Eocene in Pakistan. A 2013 publication...
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  • (2019). "Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming...
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    Wadi al Hitan (category Archaeoceti)
    its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). The site reveals evidence for the...
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    with an amphibious lifestyle. Ambulocetus is classified in the group Archaeoceti—the ancient forerunners of modern cetaceans whose members span the transition...
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    land.[citation needed] One of the oldest members of ancient cetaceans (Archaeoceti) is Pakicetus from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan. This is an animal the...
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    protowhale Pakicetus and other early whale ancestors collectively known as Archaeoceti. This group eventually underwent aquatic adaptation into the completely...
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    William J (1997). "Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, New Archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a...
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    proto-whale Pakicetus and other early cetacean ancestors collectively known as Archaeoceti, which eventually underwent aquatic adaptation into the completely aquatic...
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    Pelycosaurs Therapsida Synapsida Even-toed ungulates Cetacea Cetartiodactyla Archaeoceti Neoceti Cetacea Prosimians Simiiformes Primates Crustaceans Hexapoda...
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    Basilosauridae, the five families are classified under the suborder Archaeoceti. Cetaceans portal Evolution of cetaceans Berta, Sumich & Kovacs 2006...
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  • The list of extinct cetaceans features the extinct genera and species of the order Cetacea. The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants...
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    (2003a). "Land-to-sea transition in early whales: evolution of Eocene Archaeoceti (Cetacea) in relation to skeletal proportions and locomotion of living...
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    Remingtonocetoidea by Mitchell 1989 and Rice 1998; to Archaeoceti by Bianucci & Landini 2007; to Archaeoceti by Kumar & Sahni 1986, Fordyce & Barnes 1994, Fordyce...
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    of Cetacea; semi-aquatic protowhales such as Pakicetus in the group Archaeoceti, which developed into the exclusively aquatic ancestors of modern cetaceans...
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    (two species) Infraorder Cetacea: whales (about 90 species) Parvorder †Archaeoceti Family †Pakicetidae Family †Ambulocetidae Family †Remingtonocetidae Family...
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    million years ago. Their evolutionary link to archaic toothed cetaceans (Archaeoceti) remained unknown until the extinct Janjucetus hunderi was discovered...
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    extinct cetaceans List of individual cetaceans Evolution of cetaceans Archaeoceti List of whale vocalizations List of marine mammal species Mammal classification...
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    million years ago and became fully aquatic by 5–10 million years later. Archaeoceti is a parvorder comprising ancient whales. These ancient whales are the...
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    shapes. In squalodonts the teeth resemble those of the archaic whales, Archaeoceti, with conical incisors anteriorly and low-crowned, serrated teeth posteriorly...
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    William J (1997). "Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, New Archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a...
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    ago, with this initial stage lasting approximately 4-15 million years. Archaeoceti is an extinct parvorder of Cetacea containing ancient whales. The traditional...
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    Zalmot: "Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming...
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    R. Ewan (2015). "Enamel ultrastructure in fossil cetaceans (Cetacea: Archaeoceti and Odontoceti)". PLOS ONE. 10 (1): e0116557. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1016557L...
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    Canada: Firefly Books Ltd. Kellogg, Remington (1936). A review of the Archaeoceti (PDF). Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. OCLC 681376. Uhen...
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    Kekenodontidae (category Archaeoceti)
    Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Infraorder: Cetacea Informal group: †Archaeoceti Family: †Kekenodontidae Mitchell, 1989 Genera Kekenodon Tohoraonepu...
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    Naran Bulak Formation. The genus was once suggested to be related to the Archaeoceti, such as Pakicetus, due to numerous similarities between the skull and...
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    (2003). "Land-to-sea transition in early whales: evolution of Eocene Archaeoceti (Cetacea) in relation to skeletal proportions and locomotion of living...
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    †Mesonychidae: mesonychids Family †Hapalodectidae Suborder Cetacea Infraorder †Archaeoceti Family †Basilosauridae Family †Protocetidae Family †Remingtonocetidae...
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  • Archaeoceti" (PDF). Carnegie Institution of Washington (482): 1–366. Gritsenko, V. (2001). "New species Platiosphys [Platyosphys] einori (Archaeoceti)...
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