Ichthyolestes
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Ichthyolestes was a genus of mammal
belonging to the family
Pakicetidae which were endemic to southern Asia
living during the Lutenian stage of the Middle Eocene (48.6 mya—40.4 mya) and existing for approximately .
Ichthyolestes was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958).
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pakicetidae which were endemic to southern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
living during the Lutenian stage of the Middle Eocene (48.6 mya—40.4 mya) and existing for approximately .
Ichthyolestes was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958).