Named By: | P. D. Gingerich, M. Haq, I. S. Zalmout, I. H. Khan & M. S. Malkanin in 2001 |
Time Period: | early Lutetian |
Location: | Pakistan - Domanda Formation |
Size: | Skull about 58 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Complete skull and partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Protocetidae | |
Artiocetus is an extinct genus of early whales belonging to the family Protocetidae. It was a close relative to Rodhocetus and its tarsals indicate it resembled an artiodactyl.