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Protocetidae

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archaeocetiArchaeoceti ("ancient whales"), or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to the late Oligocene.
planocraniidaean extinct family of eusuchian crocodyliforms known from the Paleogene of Asia, Europe and North America.
protorosauriaan extinct, likely paraphyletic group of basal archosauromorph reptiles from the latest Middle Permian (Capitanian stage) to the end of the Late Triassic (Rhaetian stage) of Asia, Europe and North America.
allokotosauriaa clade of early archosauromorph reptiles from the Middle to Late Triassic known from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe.
thescelosauridaea clade of neornithischians from the Cretaceous of East Asia and North America.
thalattosuchiaa clade of mostly marine crocodylomorphs from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous that had a cosmopolitan distribution.
ornithocheiraean extinct clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous to the Late Cretaceous (Valanginian to Turonian stages) of Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
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monodontidaeThe cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record.
diadectidaean extinct family of early tetrapods that lived in what is now North America and Europe during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian, and in Asia during the Late Permian.
pinnipednounAny of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.
proterosuchidaean early family of basal archosauriforms whose fossils are known from the Late Permian and the Early Triassic.
ichthyosauriformesa group of marine reptiles, belonging to the Ichthyosauromorpha, that lived during the Mesozoic.
pteranodontiaan extinct group of ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
titanosauriaTitanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents.
ichthyosauromorphaan extinct clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles consisting of the Ichthyosauriformes and the Hupehsuchia.
pliosauridaea family of plesiosaurian marine reptiles from the Latest Triassic to the early Late Cretaceous (Rhaetian to Turonian stages) of Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
brontotheriidaea family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.
porpoisenounAny small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
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