Pakicetinae

Diacodexis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dichobunidae
Subfamily: Pakicetinae

Pakicetinae is a subfamily of Pakicetidae of the order Archaeoceti. Pakicetinae were terrestrial and amphibious mammals found in Asia. Pakicetidae lived from the Early Eocene subepoch through the Middle Eocene subepoch (55.8 mya—40.4 mya) and existed for approximately 15.6 million years.[1]

Subtaxa

Sister taxa

Ambulocetidae, Balaenodontae, Herbivora, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, Rhynchoceti.

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