Rodhocetus
= Rodhocetus
{c}
An <Eocene> whale whose ankle anatomy supplies evidence of artiodactyl relationships. A reconstructed tail fluke is not a directly preserved observation in its known skeletons. <Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan by Philip D. Gingerich and others>[Science 293, pp. 2239–2242; protocetid ankle anatomy]{ref}