Archaeoceti
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).
Proper noun edit
†Archaeoceti
Usage notes edit
Archaeoceti is a paraphyletic group of the earliest cetaceans, from the early Eocene to the late Oligocene (55 to 23 million years ago).
Synonyms edit
- Zeuglodontes (obsolete)
Hypernyms edit
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order
Hyponyms edit
- (suborder): Ambulocetidae, Basilosauridae, Pakicetidae, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae (families)
References edit
- Archaeoceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Archaeoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Archaeoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons