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GANDAKASIA
(gan-dak-a-se-ah)
Named By: R. Dehm & T. OettingeninSpielberg in 1958
Time Period: Early Eocene, 49 Ma
Location: Pakistan - Kuldana Formation
Size: Unknown due to lack of teeth
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Ambulocetidae |
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Gandakasia is an extinct genus of ambulocetid from Pakistan, that lived in the Eocene epoch. It probably caught its prey near rivers or streams.

Just like Himalayacetus, Gandakasia is only known from a single jaw fragment, making comparisons to other ambulocetids difficult.

The first ambulocetid to be described, Gandakasia was not initially recognized as a cetacean. Like modern forms they were already fully aquatic.

Read more about Gandakasia at Wikipedia
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