Maiacetus

Maiacetus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 47.5 Ma
Maiacetus skeleton cast at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Protocetidae
Subfamily: Protocetinae
Genus: Maiacetus
Gingerich et al., 2009
Species
  • M. inuus Gingerich et al., 2009 (type)

Maiacetus ("mother whale") is a genus of early cetacean from the Habib Rahi Formation of Pakistan.