Editing Pakicetidae (section)

{{Short description|Family of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Eocene|Early Eocene]], {{Fossil range|50|48}}
| image = Pakicetus BW.jpg
| image_caption = ''Pakicetus''
| taxon = Pakicetidae
| authority = {{Harvnb|Thewissen|Madar|Hussain|1996}}
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''[[Pakicetus]]'' <br />
''[[Nalacetus]]'' <br />
''[[Ichthyolestes]]''
}}

'''Pakicetidae''' ("Pakistani whales") is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[Family (biology)|family]] of early whales that lived during the [[Early Eocene]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Uhen-2010">{{Harvnb|Uhen|2010| pp=199–201}}</ref> Unlike modern cetaceans, they had well-developed limbs and were capable of walking. The species included were fox to wolf-sized.<ref name=":0" />