Pakicetidae

Pakicetidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene, 50–49 Ma
Pakicetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Informal group: Archaeoceti
Family: Pakicetidae
Thewissen, Madar & Hussain 1996
Genera

Pakicetus
Nalacetus
Ichthyolestes

Pakicetidae ("Pakistani whales") is an extinct family of Archaeoceti (early whales) that lived during the Early Eocene in Pakistan.[1] Unlike modern cetaceans, they had well developed limbs and were capable of walking.

  1. ^ Uhen 2010, pp. 199–201