Archaeoceti

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Translingual

†Pakicetus attocki skeleton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

Proper noun

†Archaeoceti

A taxonomic group within the infraorder Cetacea – ancient extinct whales.

Usage notes

†Archaeoceti is a paraphyletic group of the earliest cetaceans, from the early Eocene to the late Oligocene (55 to 23 million years ago).

Synonyms

†Zeuglodontes (obsolete)

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea – infraorder

Hyponyms

(suborder): †Ambulocetidae, †Basilosauridae, †Pakicetidae, †Protocetidae, †Remingtonocetidae – families

References

Archaeoceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Archaeoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Archaeoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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