Pakicetinae

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Pakicetinae
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Pakicetidae
Subfamily: Pakicetinae
Genera

Pakicetinae is a subfamily of Pakicetidae of the order Archaeoceti. Pakicetinae were terrestrial and amphibious mammals found in Asia. Pakicetidae lived from the Early Eocene subepoch through the Middle Eocene subepoch (55.8 mya—40.4 mya) and existed for approximately 15.6 million years.[1]

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