Andrewsiphius
Name:
Andrewsiphius.
Phonetic: An-drew-sif-e-us.
Named By: A. Sahni & V. P. Mishra
- 1975.
Synonyms: Andrewsiphius kutchensis,
Andrewsiphius minor, Protocetus sloani, Remingtonocetus sloani.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Archaeoceti, Remingtonocetidae.
Species: A. sloani (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Skull about 1 meter long.
Known locations: India - Harudi Formation and
Panandhro Formation. Pakistan - Domanda Formation.
Time period: Ypresian to Lutetian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Remains of Several
individuals.
Once described as a new species of Protocetus, the holotype remains were elevated to genus level in 1975. Although a different genus, Andrewsiphius would have still been a primitive toothed whale form similar to the more famous Protocetus. The rear limbs would still have been visible on the outside of the body, while propulsion was provided by the up and down undulation of the tail.
Further reading
- Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India, A. Sahni
& V. P. Mishra - 1975.
- A new species of Protocetus (Cetacea) from
the Middle Eocene of
Kutch, western India, A. Sahni & V. P. Mishra
1972.
- New Skeletal Material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus,
Two Eocene
Cetaceans from India. - Journal of Paleontology. 83 (5): 635–63. - J.
G. M. Thewissen & Sunil Bajpai - 2009.
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