Archaeoceti
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archaeoceti-166-15817717
title:
Archaeoceti
text:
Archaeoceti, or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to the late Oligocene. Representing the earliest cetacean radiation, they include the initial amphibious stages in cetacean evolution, thus are the ancestors of both modern cetacean suborders, Mysticeti and Odontoceti. This initial diversification occurred in the shallow waters that separated India and Asia 53 to 45 mya, resulting in some 30 species adapted to a fully
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans from Early Eocene to Late Oligocene
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoceti
date created:
2006-05-21T19:20:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T01:53:28Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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