EVO ATLASEN中文
Atlas home / Catalog / Ambulocetids
Catalog / family

Ambulocetidae

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

Evidence boundary

Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.

Claim ledger

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:taxonomy
fossil-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.

claim:taxon:ambulocetidae:source-bounded-range-rc49

Known limits

References

  1. The Origin(s) of WhalesUhen, M.D. · 2010 · DOI 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152453
  2. International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2026/06Cohen, K.M.; Harper, D.A.T.; Gibbard, P.L.; Car, N. · 2026 · DOI 10.18814/epiiugs/2025/025001
  3. Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
  4. The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
  5. Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933
Report an evidence issue ↗