Pachycetus

Pachycetus (meaning "thick whale") is a genus of basilosaurine basilosaurid from Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of the eastern United States, and Ukraine.

Pachycetus
Temporal range: Bartonian
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Basilosauridae
Genus: Pachycetus
van Beneden, 1883
Species
  • P. paulsoni (Brandt, 1873) (type)
  • P. wardii? (Uhen, 1999)
Synonyms
  • Basilotritus Goldin and Zvonok 2013
  • Platyosphys Kellogg 1936
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