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Phiomicetus

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Phiomicetus is a genus of protocetid whale that lived between 43 and 42 million years ago during the Lutetian (middle Eocene) period in what is now Egypt. It had powerful jaws and large teeth that would have allowed it to hunt and tear large prey.

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Parent taxon
Protocetidae
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Phiomicetus
taxon name
Phiomicetus
taxon rank
genus

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