Ichthyolestes
Ichthyolestes ("fish thief") is an extinct genus of archaic cetacean that was endemic to Indo-Pakistan during the Lutetian stage. To date, this monotypic genus is only represented by Ichthyolestes pinfoldi.
| Ichthyolestes Temporal range: Early Eocene, circa | |
|---|---|
| Ichthyolestes life restoration, pencil drawing. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Pakicetidae |
| Genus: | †Ichthyolestes Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958 |
| Type species | |
| †Ichthyolestes pinfoldi | |
Like other members of the family Pakicetidae, which are considered the earliest and least specialized of the archaic cetaceans, Ichthyolestes represents an early quadrupedal phase of the land-to-sea transition which occurs in the cetacean lineage.
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