Maiacetus
Maiacetus ("mother whale") is a genus of early middle Eocene (c. 47.5 mya) cetacean from the Habib Rahi Formation of Pakistan.
| Maiacetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene, | |
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| Maiacetus skeleton cast at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Protocetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Protocetinae |
| Genus: | †Maiacetus Gingerich et al., 2009 |
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