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,
55.8–40.4 Ma
Skull of Andrewsiphius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Remingtonocetidae
Subfamily: Andrewsiphiinae
Thewissen and Bajpai, 2009
Genera

References edit

  1. ^ 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. doi:10.1666/08-045.1. OCLC 4908550552. S2CID 86090504.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ 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.