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Pakicetus
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Pakicetus

Pakicetus inachus

Era: PaleogeneDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: EoceneSize: 0.9m

Pakicetus (meaning 'whale from Pakistan') is an extinct genus of amphibious cetacean of the family Pakicetidae, which was endemic to South Asia during the Ypresian (early Eocene) period, about 50 million years ago