Remingtonocetus

File:Remingtonocetus harudiensis (cast of specimen IITR-SB 2770).jpg

{{Harvnb|Sahni|Mishra|1975}} named Protocetus harudiensis based on a partial skeleton, the type specimen found in the Lutetian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Harudi Formation, India. {{Harvnb|Kumar|Sahni|1986}} renamed it Remingtononocetus harudiensis due to morphological differences from Protocetus.{{Paleodb|63122|Remingtonocetus harudiensis}}. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

Remingtonocetus domandaensis was named by {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Ul-Haq|Khan|Zalmout|2001}} based on a partial skeleton found in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.{{Paleodb|53239|Remingtonocetus domandaensis}}. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

Remingtonocetus is larger, has a broader rostrum, and longer premolars than Andrewsiphius. It is smaller than, has more gracile premolars and molars than Dalanistes. R. harudiensis differs from R. domandaensis in molar morphology.{{Harvnb|Gingerich|Ul-Haq|Khan|Zalmout|2001| pp=289, 291}}

File:Remingtonocetus outline.png

Remingtonocetus was a small cetacean with R. harudiensis weighing {{cvt|198|-|576|kg}}.{{Harvnb|Bajpai|Thewissen|Conley|2011|pp=716}} {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Ul-Haq|Khan|Zalmout|2001}} interpreted R. domandaensis as an older and more generalized species than R. harudiensis. Based on a morphological analysis, they concluded that the hindlimbs of Remingtonocetus were probably not weight-bearing, and that (1) the fused sacrum indicates a limitation in tail-powered locomotion, and (2) the presence of powerful hip extensors and femoral adductors indicates that Remingtonocetus was an efficient and specialized foot-powered swimmer.{{Harvnb|Gingerich|Ul-Haq|Khan|Zalmout|2001| loc=Discussion, pp. 293–4}}

Remingtonocetus had four working and usable limbs, a slender whale-like body with long tail and slender, hydrodynamic head.

Remingtonocetus was named by {{Harvnb|Kumar|Sahni|1986}}. Its type is Protocetus harudiensis. It was considered monophyletic by {{Harvnb|Uhen|Pyenson|Devries|Urbina|2011}}. It was assigned to Cetacea by {{Harvnb|Sepkoski|2002}}. To Remingtonocetidae by {{Harvnb|Kumar|Sahni|1986}}, {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Russell|1990}}, {{Harvnb|Benton|1993}}, {{Harvnb|McKenna|Bell|1997}}, {{Harvnb|Bajpai|Thewissen|1998}}, {{Harvnb|Williams|1998}}, {{Harvnb|Thewissen|Williams|Roe|Hussain|2001}}, {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Ul-Haq|Khan|Zalmout|2001}}, {{Harvnb|Geisler|Sanders|2003}}, {{Harvnb|McLeod|Barnes|2008}} and {{Harvnb|Uhen|Pyenson|Devries|Urbina|2011}}.

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