Himalayacetus

Himalayacetus

Taxobox
name = "Himalayacetus"
status = Fossil
fossil_range = Early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Cetacea
subordo = Archaeoceti
familia = Ambulocetidae
genus = "Himalayacetus"
genus_authority = Monastersky, 1998
binomial = "Himalayacetus subathuensis"
binomial_authority = Monastersky, 1998

"Himalayacetus" is an extinct genus of a group called Archaeoceti. "Himalayacetus" probably still had four limbs, and could probably walk on land. However, it probably hunted in shallow waters similar to crocodiles of today. Fossils of this creature were found in the Himalayas, hence the name. "Himalayacetus" lived in the ancient coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean before the Indian plate had collided with the Cimmerian coast.


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