Protocetus
Sign in to saveProtocetus atavus ("first whale") is an extinct species of primitive cetacean from Egypt. It lived during the middle Eocene period 45 million years ago. The first discovered protocetid, Protocetus atavus was described by based on a cranium and a number of associated vertebrae and ribs found in middle Lutetian Tethyan marine limestone from the Mokattam Formation at Gebel Mokattam near Cairo, Egypt.
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It sits within the topics Eocene mammals of Africa, Fossil taxa described in 1904 and Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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