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Ambulocetus
Ambulocetus natans
Era: PaleogeneDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Eocene
Ambulocetus (from Latin ambulō, meaning "to walk", and cetus, meaning "whale", and thus, "walking whale") is a genus of early semiaquatic cetacean from the Kuldana Formation in Pakistan, roughly 48 or 47 million years ago during the Early Eocene (Lutetian)