Aetiocetus
| Aetiocetus Temporal range: Oligocene
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Aetiocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale from the Oligocene of Oregon. Aetiocetus is a transitional fossil between Pakicetus and the modern beluga whale. [1]
Sources
Footnotes
- ^ "Lines of Evidence:Transitional Forms (1 of 2)". Understanding Evolution. Berkeley University. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
Further reading
- At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, and Kit M. Kovacs
- Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas by David Rains Wallace
- In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History by Ellen Morris Bishop
- Whales of the West Coast by David A E Spalding
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
- Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis
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