The Andrewsiphiinae is an extinct subfamily of early whales of the family Remingtonocetidae. Thiewessen & Bajpai (2009)[1] proposed the clade when Andrewsiphius and Kuchicetus were accepted as separate genera.[2] Kuchicetus was originally synonymized with Andrewsiphius in 2001 by Gingerich et al.,[3] but later authors, however, still accept both as separate genera.[2]
| Andrewsiphiinae Temporal range: Eocene,
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| Skull of Andrewsiphius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Remingtonocetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Andrewsiphiinae Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009 |
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References
edit- ^ Thewissen, J.G.M.; Bajpai, Sunil (2009). "New Skeletal Material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, Two Eocene Cetaceans from India". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (5): 635–63. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..635T. doi:10.1666/08-045.1. OCLC 4908550552. S2CID 86090504.
- ^ a b Uhen, Mark D. (2010). "The Origin(s) of Whales" (PDF). Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 38 (1): 189–219. Bibcode:2010AREPS..38..189U. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152453. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ Gingerich, P. D.; Ul-Haq, M.; Khan, I. H.; Zalmout, I. S. (2001). "Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan)". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 30 (11): 269–319. hdl:2027.42/48661.
Further reading
edit- Sahni, Ashok; Mishra, Vijay Prakash (1975). "Lower Tertiary vertebrates from western India". Monograph of the Paleontological Society of India. 3: 1–48. ASIN B0007AL8UE. OCLC 3566369.
- Sahni, Ashok; Mishra, Vijay Prakash (1972). "A New Species of Protocetus (Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene of Kutch, Western India" (PDF). Palaeontology. 15 (3): 490–5. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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- ^ Bajpai, Sunil; Thewissen, J. G. M. (2000). "A new, diminutive Eocene whale from Kachchh (Gujarat, India) and its implications for locomotor evolution" (PDF). Current Science. 79 (10): 1478–82. Retrieved 9 July 2013.