Pakicetid
= Pakicetid
An early whale of the family <Pakicetidae>, with diagnostic ear anatomy but a largely terrestrial skeleton. <Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls by J. G. M. Thewissen and others>[Nature 413, pp. 277–281; pakicetid postcranial skeletons]{ref}