| Gandakasia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Ambulocetidae |
| Genus: | †Gandakasia Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg, 1958 |
| Species: | †G. potens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gandakasia potens Dehm & Oettingen-Spielberg, 1958[2] | |
Gandakasia is an extinctgenus ofambulocetid fromPakistan, that lived in theEocene epoch. It probably caught its prey near rivers or streams.
Just likeHimalayacetus,Gandakasia is only known from a single jaw fragment, making comparisons to other ambulocetids difficult.[3]
The first ambulocetid to be described,Gandakasia was not initially recognized as a cetacean.[4]
Gandakasia probably inhabited a freshwater niche similar to thepakicetids.[3]
