Phiomicetus information

Phiomicetus; Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 43–42 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Protocetidae
Genus:	†Phiomicetus; Gohar et al., 2021
Species
	†P. anubis Gohar et al., 2021 (type);

Phiomicetus is a genus of protocetid whale that lived between 43 and 42 million years ago during the Lutetian (middle Eocene) period in what is now Egypt. It had powerful jaws and large teeth that would have allowed it to hunt and tear large prey.^[1]^[2]

^ Gohar, Abdullah S.; Antar, Mohammed S.; Boessenecker, Robert W.; Sabry, Dalia A.; El-Sayed, Sanaa; Seiffert, Erik R.; Zalmout, Iyad. S.; Sallam, Hesham M. (25 August 2021). "A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1957). doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1368. PMC 8385364. PMID 34428967.
^ Gegel, Laura (25 August 2021). "Walking whale ancestor named after Egyptian god of death". Live Science. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[Gohar2021-1] Gohar, Abdullah S.; Antar, Mohammed S.; Boessenecker, Robert W.; Sabry, Dalia A.; El-Sayed, Sanaa; Seiffert, Erik R.; Zalmout, Iyad. S.; Sallam, Hesham M. (25 August 2021). "A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1957). doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1368. PMC 8385364. PMID 34428967.

[LiveSci-2] Gegel, Laura (25 August 2021). "Walking whale ancestor named after Egyptian god of death". Live Science. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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