Named By: | K. Kumar & A. Sahni in 1986 |
Time Period: | Middle Eocene, 45-43.5 Ma |
Location: | India - Harudi Formation. Pakistan - Domanda Formation |
Size: | Reconstructed skull roughly about 70 centimetres long. Total body length roughly estimated about 3.4 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of several individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Remingtonocetidae | |
Remingtonocetus is an extinct genus of early cetacean freshwater aquatic mammals of the family Remingtonocetidae endemic to the coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean during the Eocene. It was named after naturalist Remington Kellogg.