Pappocetus is an extinct protocetid cetacean known from the Eocene of Nigeria and Togo. The type specimen BMNH M11414 an incomplete left mandible with symphysis, a deciduous premolar, and unerupted molars. It was found in Bartonian (40.4 to 37.2 million years ago) layers of the Ameki Formation (6°00′N 7°00′E / 6.0°N 7.0°E, paleocoordinates 1°48′N 1°42′E / 1.8°N 1.7°E) in southern Nigeria. The species is named after Sir Frederick Lugard who sent one of the specimens to Andrews.