Translingual

Pakicetus attocki skeleton

Proper noun

Archaeoceti

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – extinct ancient whales.

Usage notes

Archaeoceti is a paraphyletic group of the earliest cetaceans, from the early Eocene to the late Oligocene (55 to 23 million years ago).

Synonyms

• Zeuglodontes (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Ambulocetidae, Basilosauridae, Pakicetidae, Protocetidae, Remingtonocetidae (families)