Archaeoceti
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).
Proper noun
[edit]†Archaeoceti
- A taxonomic group within the infraorder Cetacea – extinct ancient whales.
Usage notes
[edit]Archaeoceti is a paraphyletic group of the earliest cetaceans, from the early Eocene to the late Oligocene (55 to 23 million years ago).
Synonyms
[edit]- Zeuglodontes (obsolete)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (suborder): Ambulocetidae, Basilosauridae, Pakicetidae, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae (families)
References
[edit]Archaeoceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Archaeoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Archaeoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons