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Pakicetus locality-composite terrestrial skeleton

A locality-composite Pakicetus reconstruction records weight-bearing limbs and a terrestrial locomotor body plan while retaining diagnostic early-cetacean cranial anatomy.

Represented range50–48 Ma
RegionsH-GSP Locality 62, Ganda Kas, Kala Chitta Hills, Punjab, Pakistan
CladesPakicetus attocki · Pakicetidae · Cetacea

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morphology · medium

The published Pakicetus reconstruction combines skull H-GSP 96231 with separately catalogued vertebral and limb elements from one locality and supports terrestrial locomotion; it is not a single associated skeleton or a direct ancestor.

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References

  1. Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactylsThewissen, J.G.M.; Williams, E.M.; Roe, L.J.; Hussain, S.T. · 2001 · DOI 10.1038/35095005
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