Phiomicetus
Name:
Phiomicetus).
Phonetic: Fy-ome-see-tus.
Named By: Abdullah S. Gohar, Mohammed S.
Antar, Robert W. Boessenecker, Dalia A. Sabry, Sanaa
El-Sayed, Erik R. Seiffert, Iyad S. Zalmout & Hesham
M. Sallam - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Protocetidae.
Species: P. anubis (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Body length roughly estimated at about 3
meters.
Known locations: Egypt.
Time period: Mid Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial, skull, jaws and
post cranial remains.
Phiomicetus
is a genus of protocetid whale
that lived in North Africa during the
Eocene. Analysis of the jaws and teeth shows that Phiomicetus
would
have been a powerful predator, possibly feeding upon a variety of
prey animals. Phiomicetus also seems to have still
been capable of
easily walking about on land when not hunting in the water.
Further reading
- 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). - Abdullah S.
Gohar, Mohammed S. Antar, Robert W. Boessenecker, Dalia A.
Sabry, Sanaa El-Sayed, Erik R. Seiffert, Iyad S. Zalmout
& Hesham M. Sallam - 2021.
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