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Rodhocetus kasranii is an extinct species of protocetid whale that lived during the middle Eocene epoch, approximately 47 million years ago. Its fossilized remains were discovered in Pakistan and first described by paleontologist Philip Gingerich in 1994. The anatomy of Rodhocetus represents a cruci...
Maiacetus inuus is an extinct species of protocetid archaeocete whale that lived during the middle Eocene epoch. Fossils of this species were discovered in Pakistan and formally described in 2009 by Philip Gingerich and colleagues. The genus is notable because a fossilized specimen was found preserv...
Georgiacetus vogtlensis is an extinct species of early whale belonging to the archaeocete family Protocetidae. Its fossils were discovered in the late Middle Eocene deposits of Georgia, United States, making it one of the most basal cetaceans found in North America. This amphibious marine mammal pos...
Protocetus atavus is a middle Eocene protocetid archaeocete from the Mokattam Formation of Egypt, first described by Eberhard Fraas in 1904. It is among the earliest fossil whales to receive detailed scientific description and has long served as a reference taxon for the family Protocetidae. The gen...
Eocetus schweinfurthi is an extinct species of archaeocete whale belonging to the family Protocetidae, which lived during the middle to late Eocene epoch. Fossils of this large marine mammal were recovered from coastal deposits of the former Tethys Sea in what is now Egypt. As an early cetacean, it...
