Pappocetus
Sign in to savePappocetus (meaning "grandfather whale") is an extinct protocetid cetacean known from the Eocene of southern Nigeria's Ameki Formation and Togo. More recently, fossil teeth and femurs have also been discovered in the Aridal Formation of the Sahara Desert in southwestern Morocco.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 4 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Eocene mammals of Africa, Fossil taxa described in 1920 and Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Protocetidae
- Image
- Andrews-1920-Plate-1-Pappocetus-ligardi.JPEG
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- start time
- 40400000-0
- end time
- 37200000-0
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Pappocetus
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Specimens
- Notes
- References
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Pappocetus (meaning "grandfather whale") is an extinct protocetid cetacean known from the Eocene of southern Nigeria's Ameki Formation and Togo. More recently, fossil teeth and femurs have also been discovered in the Aridal Formation of the Sahara Desert in southwestern Morocco.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pappocetus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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