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English: Skeletal drawing of Aegicetus Gehennae (Mammalia, Cetaea, Archaeoceti, Protocetidae), based on photographs of bones from the holotype CGM 60584.[1][2] Scale bar (upper left) is 1 meter.

Some parts are laterally reversed (skull, mandible, teeth, scapula, forelimb). Missing pieces of skull restored from Artiocetus.[3] While it is not known whether Aegicetus had a fluke, it is here restored with a beaver-like tail, based on Peregocetus.[4]

References

  1. Gingerich P.D., Antar M.S.M. & Zalmout I.S. (2019). "Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whales". PLOS ONE 15(3): e0230596
  2. 3D images of Aegicetus bones at the website to University of Michigan (search for "Aegicetus")
  3. 3D restoration of Artiocetus skull
  4. Olivier L, Bianucci G, Salas-Gismondi R, Di Celma C, Steurbaut E, Urbina M & de Muizon C (2019). "An amphibious whale from the Middle Eocene of Peru reveals early South Pacific dispersal of quadrupedal cetaceans". Current Biology 29(8): p. 1352–1359.e3.
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