Gandakasia

Gan-dak-a-se-ah.
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Name

Gandakasia.

Phonetic

Gan-dak-a-se-ah.

Named By

R.‭ ‬Dehm‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Oettingen-Spielberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1958.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Archaeoceti,‭ ‬Ambulocetidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

G.‭ ‬potens‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of teeth.

Known locations

Pakistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kuldana Formation.

Time Period

Lutetian of the Eocene.

Fossil representation

Teeth.

In Depth

       Gandakasia is a little known genus of primitive whale from Pakistan,‭ ‬and not surprising given that the genus was named only upon the description of teeth.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Pal�ontologische und geologische Untersuchungen im Terti�r von Pakistan.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse‭ ‬91:1-54.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Dehm‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬Oettingen-Spielberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1958.

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