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Remingtonocetus
Sign in to saveRemingtonocetus is an extinct genus of early cetacean freshwater aquatic mammals of the family Remingtonocetidae endemic to the coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean during the Eocene. It was named after naturalist Remington Kellogg.
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Remingtonocetus is an extinct genus of early cetacean freshwater aquatic mammals of the family Remingtonocetidae endemic to the coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean during the Eocene. It was named after naturalist Remington Kellogg.
==History of discovery== thumb|left|Skull from Remingtonocetus harudiensis (cast of specimen IITR-SB 2770) named Protocetus harudiensis based on a partial skeleton, the type specimen found in the Lutetian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Harudi Formation, India. renamed it Remingtononocetus harudiensis due to morphological differences from Protocetus.
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