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Pachycetus

Pachycetus (from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús), meaning "thick", and Latin cetus, meaning "whale") is an extinct genus of pachycetine basilosaurid from Middle Eocene of the eastern United States (North Carolina & Virginia) and Europe (chiefly Germany and Ukraine). The best known remains generally suggest that Pachycetus lived during the Bartonian…

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related to Early discoveries, Pachycetus and Platyosphys · 39
Pachycetus → Afanasii Semenovich Rogovich, Around, Barton Clay, Basilosaurus, Belgium, Brandt, Chyhyryn, Eocene, European, Gehlberg Formation, Geinitz, Hanns Bruno Geinitz, Harry Govier Seeley, He, Helmstedt, In Germany, Johann Friedrich Brandt, Kuhn, Kyiv, Later
related to Basilotritus · 23
Pachycetus → Basilosauridae, Basilotritus, Brandt, Eocetus, Evgenij Zvonok, Fedorowskij, Gingerich, Gol'din, However, In, Instead, Kellogg, Kurenevka, Material, Morocco, Nagornoye, Platyosphys, Russia, The, These
related to Revival of Pachycetus and recent studies · 22
Pachycetus → Amane, Antaecetus, As Pachycetus, Basilotritus, Beneden, Following, Germany, Gingerich, Helmstedt, ICZN, In, Instead, Platyosphys, Platytholus, Simultaneously, The, Two, Van Vliet, Vielt, Vliet
related to Phylogeny · 21
Pachycetus → Although, Antaecetus, Bartonian, Basilosauridae, Basilotritus, Gol'din, In, MUSM, Nagornoye, Neoceti, Peru, South America, Supayacetus, Their, This, Tutcetus, Van Vliet, While, While Pachycetus, Within
related to Diet · 19
Pachycetus → Americas, Basilosaurus, Basilotritus, Carcharias, Clerolamna, Gol'din, Hemiscyllium, In, It, Nagornoye, Piney Point Formation, Prior, Scyliorhinus, Some, Teeth, The, They, This, Ukraine
related to Paleoenvironment · 18
Pachycetus → American, Anneberg Formation, Bartonian, Bartonian Annenberg Formation, During, Fagaceae, Gehlberg Formation, German, Helmstedt, Juglandaceae, Lutetian, Molluscs, Multiple, Paleogene, Paleogene North Sea, Priabonian Gehlberg Formation, Similar, The Piney Point Formation
related to Locomotion and lifestyle · 12
Pachycetus → Basilosaurus, Gingerich, Given, Gol'din, One, Since, Slow, The, This, While, While Pachycetus, Zvonok
related to Description · 9
Pachycetus → Antaecetus, Basilotritus, Gingerich, Gol'din, Incisors, Overall, The, Zvonok, Zygorhiza
related to Etymology · 7
Pachycetus → Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Basilotritus, Beneden, Platyosphys, Several, The

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species vertebrae material basilotritus described wardii platyosphys also much genus paulsonii known would bones fossils van basilosaurids though zeuglodon antaecetus

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Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusThe0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusUkraine0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusEvgenij Zvonok0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusRussia0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusMaterial0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusNagornoye0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusBasilosauridae0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusKurenevka0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusEocetus0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusThese0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusPlatyosphys0.60section
Pachycetusrelated to BasilotritusGol'din0.60section

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