Archaeoceti

Translingual

Pakicetus attocki skeleton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

Proper noun

†Archaeoceti

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – extinct ancient whales.

Usage notes

Archaeoceti is a paraphyletic group of the earliest cetaceans, from the early Eocene to the late Oligocene (55 to 23 million years ago).

Synonyms

• Zeuglodontes (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Ambulocetidae, Basilosauridae, Pakicetidae, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae (families)

References

• Archaeoceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Archaeoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Archaeoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons