Ambulocetus (Latin ambulare "to walk" + cetus "whale") is a genus of early amphibious cetacean [a] from the Kuldana Formation in Pakistan, roughly 48 or 47 million years ago during the Early Eocene . It contains one species, Ambulocetus natans (Latin natans "swimming"), known solely from a near-complete skeleton.

Mar 6, 2013 · One such “walking whale” is Ambulocetus (am-bew-lo-SEAT-us) natans, which lived about 49 million years ago in what is now northern Pakistan, in long-lost coastal shallow seas and brackish rivers.

Size: Ambulocetus is approximately 10 feet in length, based on a nearly complete skeleton of one individual. Anatomy: The name Ambulocetus means “walking whale,” thus it should not be surprising that this ancient whale looked very different from modern cetaceans.

Ambulocetus was a prehistoric mammal which lived approximately 50 million years ago during the Early Eocene Period. It was first discovered in 1993 by Johannes G.M. Thewissen and Sayed Taseer Hussai in Pakistan.

Roughly five million years after Pakicetus first evolved, Ambulocetus appears in the fossil record. Although its legs are strong enough to walk on land like Pakicetus, its hind legs are better adapted for swimming.

Mar 6, 2019 · Name: Ambulocetus (Greek for "walking whale"); pronounced AM-byoo-low-SEE-tuss; Habitat: Shores of the Indian subcontinent; Historical Epoch: Early Eocene (50 million years ago) Size and Weight: About 10 feet long and 500 pounds; Diet: Fish and crustaceans; Distinguishing Characteristics: Webbed feet; narrow snout; internal rather than external ...

Ambulocetus, or the “walking whale,” was a strange-looking 10-foot-long cetacean from the Eocene Epoch some 45 million years ago that could both walk on land and swim proficiently. Ambulocetus is a transitional form, or what some people call a “missing link.”

The genus Ambulocetus, after which the family is named, is by far the most complete and well-known ambulocetid genus due to the excavation of an 80% complete specimen of Ambulocetus natans. [2] The other two genera in the family, Gandakasia and Himalayacetus, are known only from teeth and mandibular fragments. [3]

Ambulocetus ("walking whale") was an early amphibious cetacean. It could walk as well as swim. Ambulocetus natans lived from the early Eocene (50 to 48 million years ago). Its fossils have been found in Pakistan.

Jul 13, 1993 · Ambulocetus provides a glimpse of the tran-sitional morphologies between four-legged whale ancestors (5, 6) and their finned descendants. Here, we focus on those mor-phological traits of Ambulocetus that have implications for locomotion in the earliest cetaceans. Size of vertebrae, ribs, and limbs indicate that Ambulocetus was an archaeocete whale