Indohyus (Meaning "India's pig" from the Greek words Indos, "from India" and hûs, "pig") is an extinct genus of artiodactyl known from Eocene fossils in...
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Evolution of cetaceans (section Indohyus)
additional Indohyus fossils. The pakicetids were digitigrade hoofed mammals that are thought to be the earliest known cetaceans, with Indohyus being the...
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gunelli Haqueina? Haqueina haquei? Haqueina haichinensis? Indohyus Indohyus indirae Indohyus major Kunmunella Kunmunella kalakotensis Kunmunella transversa...
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Hans Thewissen (section Discovery of Indohyus)
predators. Thewissen's discovery of Indohyus helped refine the connection between whales and hippos and suggested that Indohyus was closely related to hippos...
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cetaceans. One evolutionarily significant whale ancestor was the raoellid Indohyus, which was a Himalayas-dwelling, digitgrade omnivore roughly the size of...
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Kunmunella likely had a similar lifestyle to Indohyus. Kunmunella was likely an omnivore because related genus Indohyus had teeth that allowed it to grasp and...
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plantigrade) Suina (semi-digitigrade) Hippopotamidae (semi-digitigrade) Pakicetus Indohyus Thylacine Felidae Hyenas Mongooses Canidae Derived hyaenodonts (range from...
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aquatic animals that live in water but look at emerged objects. Just like Indohyus, limb bones of pakicetids are osteosclerotic, also suggestive of aquatic...
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2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-12-21. Myers, P.Z. (December 19, 2007). "Pharyngula: Indohyus". Pharyngula. ScienceBlogs. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved...
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transgressions. Its fossil fauna is best known for the early cetaceans Indohyus, Pakicetus and Ambulocetus, that helped to shed a new light on the evolution...
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of the artiodactyl order (even-toed ungulates). They are related to the Indohyus, an extinct chevrotain-like ungulate, from which they split approximately...
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Metkatius likely had a similar lifestyle to Indohyus. Metkatius was likely an omnivore because related genus Indohyus had teeth that allowed it to grasp and...
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of the artiodactyl order (even-toed ungulates). They are related to the Indohyus, an extinct chevrotain-like ungulate, from which they split approximately...
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the order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates). They are related to the Indohyus, an extinct chevrotain-like ungulate, from which they split approximately...
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hoofed mammals that are the earliest whales, whose closest sister group is Indohyus from the family Raoellidae. They lived in the Early Eocene, around 53 million...
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Gray 1821 Eocene–Recent Parvorder Archaeoceti Family Raoellidae Genus Indohyus Family Pakicetidae Genus Pakicetus Pakicetus inachus Genus Gandakasia Genus...
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are now determined to be descended from more derived artiodactyls, like Indohyus, which are related to hippopotamuses and anthracotheres.[citation needed]...
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whales from artiodactyls is remarkably well-preserved, as documented by Indohyus, Pakicetus, Ambulocetus, Rhodocetus, Basilosaurus and Dorudon. Many of...
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cerebellum, is large like in other early artiodactyls like Diacodexis and Indohyus. Dichobunoids are known for having the complete dental formula of 3.1.4...
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(2025). Bouaziz et al. (2025) study the morphology of the anterior teeth of Indohyus indirae, and interpret the studied teeth as forming a grasping device used...
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originated from an earlier unknown Eocene artiodactyl, such as Elomeryx or Indohyus, implying that aquatic locomotor adaptations occurred before or during...
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al. (2021). Orliac & Thewissen (2021) describe the endocranial cast of Indohyus indirae, and evaluate its implications for the knowledge of the evolution...
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skeleton of Hippopotamus antiquus. Also, there is a reconstruction of Indohyus, a terrestrial mammal ancestor of modern cetaceans. The exhibition then...
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et al. (2024). Patel et al. (2024) describe the anatomy of the skull of Indohyus indirae, reporting evidence of the presence of a combination of features...
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