Ambulocetidae is treated in the synthesis as a sampled Eocene fossil family with amphibious anatomical interpretations; those specimens test locomotor transitions but do not form a demonstrated linear ancestor series. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range48–47 Ma
Content packagecetartiodactyla
PBDBtxn:53246
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taxonomy · medium
Ambulocetidae is treated in the synthesis as a sampled Eocene fossil family with amphibious anatomical interpretations; those specimens test locomotor transitions but do not form a demonstrated linear ancestor series.
claim:taxon:ambulocetidae:taxonomyfossil-range · medium
ambulocetidae is displayed at 48–47 Ma only as the review's sampled ambulocetid interval, not a linear ancestral stage or exact endpoints. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.