Pappocetus
Sign in to savePappocetus (meaning "grandfather whale") is an extinct protocetid cetacean known from the Eocene of southern Nigeria's Ameki Formation and Togo. More recently, fossil teeth and femurs have also been discovered in the Aridal Formation of the Sahara Desert in southwestern Morocco.
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- Parent taxon
- Protocetidae
- Image
- Andrews-1920-Plate-1-Pappocetus-ligardi.JPEG
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- start time
- 40400000-0
- end time
- 37200000-0
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Pappocetus
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Pappocetus (meaning "grandfather whale") is an extinct protocetid cetacean known from the Eocene of southern Nigeria's Ameki Formation and Togo. More recently, fossil teeth and femurs have also been discovered in the Aridal Formation of the Sahara Desert in southwestern Morocco.
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