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Himalayacetus




  Name ''Himalayacetus''
  Status pre
  Fossil Range Eocene
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammalia
  Ordo Cetacea
  Subordo Archaeoceti
  Familia Ambulocetidae
  Genus '''''Himalayacetus'''''


''Himalayacetus'' is an extinct genus of a group called archaeoceti. A relative of '' Ambulocetus '', ''Himalayacetus'' still had four limbs, and could probably walk on land. However, it probably hunted in shallow waters similar to Crocodile s of today. Fossils of this creature were found in the Himalayas , hence the name, and parts of Iran . ''Himalayacetus'' lived in the ancient coastline of the ancient Tethys Ocean before the Indian Plate had collided with the Cimmeria n coast.