Kutchicetus
Name:
Kutchicetus
(Kachchh whale).
Phonetic: Kutch-e-see-tus.
Named By: S. Bajpai & J. G. M.
Thewissen - 2000.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Archaeoceti, Remingtonocetidae.
Species: K. minimus (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Details uncertain.
Known locations: India - Harudi Formation,
Panandhro Formation.
Time period: Lutetian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Although details are uncertain, Kutchicetus is noted as being a small remingtonocetid whale (relative of Remingtonocetus). The tail of Kutchicetus seems to have been quite well developed and may have played a more important role in swimming than other primitive whales, though there is no evidence that a tail fluke had been developed.
Further reading
- A new, diminutive Eocene whale from Kachchh (Gujarat, India)
and its implications for locomotor evolution. Current Science
79(10):1478-1482. - S. Bajpai & J. G. M.
Thewissen - 2000.
- 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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