Origin of Whales from Early Artiodactyls: Hands and Feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan

Autor:	Munir ul Haq, Intizar H. Khan, M. Sadiq Malkani, Iyad S. Zalmout, Philip D. Gingerich
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Hippopotamidae Theria Multidisciplinary biology Eutheria Cetacea Zoology Protocetidae Artiocetus Rodhocetus biology.organism_classification Archaeoceti
Zdroj:	Science. 293:2239-2242
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
Popis:	Partial skeletons of two new fossil whales, Artiocetus clavis and Rodhocetus balochistanensis , are among the oldest known protocetid archaeocetes. These came from early Lutetian age (47 million years ago) strata in eastern Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Both have an astragalus and cuboid in the ankle with characteristics diagnostic of artiodactyls; R. balochistanensis has virtually complete fore- and hind limbs. The new skeletons are important in augmenting the diversity of early Protocetidae, clarifying that Cetacea evolved from early Artiodactyla rather than Mesonychia and showing how early protocetids swam.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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