English: Image showing the size of the Eocene protocetid Georgiacetus compared to a human female (1.75 meters tall). The Georgiacetus silhouette is based on pictures and measurements of the holotype GSM 350, which consist of a fairly complete skull, partial lower jaw, several cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral vertebrae as well as innominates and several ribs. The limbs are unknown, as are most of the tail.[1][2]
References
↑Hulbert, R.C. Jr., Petkewich R.M., Bishop G.A., Bukry D. & Aleshire D.P. (1998). "A New Middle Eocene Protocetid Whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and Associated Biota from Georgia". Journal of Paleontology72(5): p. 907-927
↑Hulbert R.C. Jr. (1998). "Postcranial Osteology of the North American Middle Eocene Protocetid Georgiacetus", in Thewissen J.G.M. The Emergence of Whales: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea. Springer Science & Business Media: p. 235-267
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