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The 14 pages that link to Pakicetus, each with the reason it gives.

• CetaceaBroader topic: Its remains show that cetacean ancestors still had substantial adaptations for life on land.

• ArtiodactylaBroader topic: Pakicetus documents an early stage in the evolutionary transition toward cetaceans.

• Evolution of cetaceansBroader topic: Its fossils combine terrestrial anatomy with a diagnostic feature of cetacean hearing.

• Humpback whaleRelated: It provides evidence about the terrestrial ancestry of the whale lineage.

• CetartiodactylaBroader topic: Its anatomy records an early stage in the transition toward aquatic cetaceans.

• AmbulocetusRelated: It represents an earlier stage of whale evolution and shares the region and age of Ambulocetus.

• ArchaeocetiBroader topic: Its land-capable body and cetacean ear region mark an early stage in the transition.

• BasilosaurusRelated: Its terrestrial adaptations contrast with Basilosaurus’s fully aquatic body.

• Even-toed ungulateBroader topic: Its anatomy documents an early stage in the transition from land mammals to whales.

• ArtiodactylBroader topic: Its land-mammal anatomy and whale affinities illuminate cetacean origins.

• CetaceanBroader topic: Its fossil anatomy links early cetaceans to land-dwelling ancestors.

• MesonychidaeCompared with: Its anatomy helped establish whale origins among artiodactyls rather than mesonychids.

• HippopotamusRelated: Its fossils help illustrate the ancient terrestrial ancestry of whales related to hippos.

• MesonychiaRelated: Its anatomy documents whale origins more directly than proposed mesonychian ancestors do.