Ichthyolestes information

Ichthyolestes; Temporal range: Early Eocene, circa 50 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Ichthyolestes life restoration, pencil drawing.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Pakicetidae
Genus:	†Ichthyolestes; Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
Type species
	†Ichthyolestes pinfoldi; Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958

Ichthyolestes ("fish thief") is an extinct genus of archaic cetacean that was endemic to Indo-Pakistan during the Lutetian stage.^[1] To date, this monotypic genus is only represented by Ichthyolestes pinfoldi.^[1]

Like other members of the family Pakicetidae, which are considered the earliest and least specialized of the archaic cetaceans,^[2] Ichthyolestes represents an early quadrupedal phase of the land-to-sea transition which occurs in the cetacean lineage.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Dehm, R.; zu Oettingen-Spielberg, T. (1958). Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. 2. Die mitteleocänen Säugetiere von Ganda Kas bei Basal in Nordwest-Pakistan (PDF). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abhandlungen, Neue Folge. Vol. 91. Munich: C. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
^ Madar, S. (2007). "The postcranial skeleton of early Eocene Pakicetid cetaceans". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (1): 176–200.
^ Nummela, S.; Hussain, S. T.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2006). "Cranial anatomy of Pakicetidae (Cetacea, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 746–759.
^ Thewissen, J. G. M.; Williams, E. M. (2002). "The early radiation of Cetacea (Mammalia): Evolutionary pattern and development correlations". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 33: 73–90.

[:0-1] Dehm, R.; zu Oettingen-Spielberg, T. (1958). Paläontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär von Pakistan. 2. Die mitteleocänen Säugetiere von Ganda Kas bei Basal in Nordwest-Pakistan (PDF). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abhandlungen, Neue Folge. Vol. 91. Munich: C. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

[:1-2] Madar, S. (2007). "The postcranial skeleton of early Eocene Pakicetid cetaceans". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (1): 176–200.

[:2-3] Nummela, S.; Hussain, S. T.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2006). "Cranial anatomy of Pakicetidae (Cetacea, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 746–759.

[:3-4] Thewissen, J. G. M.; Williams, E. M. (2002). "The early radiation of Cetacea (Mammalia): Evolutionary pattern and development correlations". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 33: 73–90.

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Ichthyolestes Temporal range: Early Eocene, circa 50 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Ichthyolestes life restoration, pencil drawing.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Pakicetidae
Genus:	†Ichthyolestes Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
Type species
†Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg 1958