| Artiocetus Temporal range: Early Eocene,
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| Skull of A. clavis on display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Protocetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Protocetinae |
| Genus: | †Artiocetus Gingerich et al., 2001 |
| Species: | †A. clavis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Artiocetus clavis Gingerich et al., 2001
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Artiocetus is an extinct genus of early whales belonging to the family Protocetidae. It was a close relative to Rodhocetus and its tarsals indicate it resembled an artiodactyl.[1]
- ^ Kenneth D. Rose (2006). The Beginning of the Age of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0801884726.