composite skeletons, species of Pakicetus are thought to have been 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length. Pakicetus looked very different from...

Hussain 1998) Pakicetus (Gingerich & Russell 1981) Pakicetus inachus (Gingerich & Russell 1981) Pakicetus attocki (West 1980) Pakicetus calcis (Cooper...

Remingtonocetus and Pakicetus. The pterygoids connect as far back as the middle ear, much farther than other archaeocetes including the more ancient Pakicetus. Most...

plantigrade) Suina (semi-digitigrade) Hippopotamidae (semi-digitigrade) Pakicetus Indohyus Thylacine Felidae Hyenas Mongooses Canidae Derived hyaenodonts...

branch contained ancestors of Cetacea; semi-aquatic protowhales such as Pakicetus in the group Archaeoceti, which developed into the exclusively aquatic...

Ichthyolestes is the smallest pakicetid, approximately 29% smaller than Pakicetus, and has been considered “fox-sized.” They retain many features typical...

molecular data are supported by the discovery of Pakicetus, the earliest archaeocete. The skeletons of Pakicetus show that whales did not derive directly from...

of whales from land to water, including the discovery of Ambulocetus, Pakicetus, Indohyus, and Kutchicetus. In addition to his work on fossil discoveries...

Remingtonocetids probably varied in size with the smallest species matching Pakicetus and the largest Ambulocetus. Remingtonocetids had longer snouts than other...

adrenergic receptors, and apolipoproteins. In 2001, the fossil limbs of a Pakicetus (amphibioid cetacean the size of a wolf) and Ichthyolestes (an early whale...