Archaeoceti
Translingual
Pakicetus attocki skeleton
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).
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; Cetacea - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Ambulocetidae, Basilosauridae, Pakicetidae, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae (families)
References
- Archaeoceti at the Tree of Life Web Project
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