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Pakicetidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Cetacea
Subordo: †Archaeoceti
Familia: Pakicetidae
Genera: Ichthyolestes - Nalacetus - Pakicetus - ?Gandakasia - ?Himalayacetus

References

* Gingerich, P.D.; Russell, D.E. 1990: Dentition of Early Eocene Pakicetus (Mammalia, Cetacea). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 28: 1–20.
* Nummela, S.; Hussain, S.T.; Thewissen, J.G.M. 2006: Cranial anatomy of Pakicetidae (Cetacea, Mammalia). Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 26: 746–759.
* Thewissen, J.G.M.; Hussain, S.T. 1998: Systematic review of the Pakicetidae, Early and Middle Eocene Cetacea (Mammalia) from Pakistan and India. In: Beard, K.C.; Dawson, M.R. (eds.) Dawn of the age of mammals in Asia. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 34: 220-238.
* Thewissen, J.G.M.; Williams, E.M.; Roe, L.J.; Hussain, S.T. 2001: Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls. Nature, 413: 277-281. doi: 10.1038/35095005


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Vernacular Name
日本語: パキケトゥス科
中文: 巴基鯨科

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