Takracetus
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| Takracetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Archaeoceti |
| Family: | Protocetidae |
| Genus: | Takracetus |
| Binomial name | |
| Takracetus simus Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995 | |
Takracetus was a primitive cetacean that lived approximately 45 million years ago. The type specimen (GSP-UM 3041) is a partial skull[1] though the literature mentions a second more complete specimen.[2]
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References
- Gingerich, Philip D.; Arif, Muhammad; Clyde, William C. (1995). "New Archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)". Contributions from Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 29 (11): 291–330. OCLC 34123868. Retrieved February 2013.
- Hulbert, Richard C, Jr; Petkewich, Richard M; Bishop, Gale A; Bukry, David; Aleshire, David P (September 1998). "A New Middle Eocene Protocetid Whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and Associated Biota from Georgia". Journal of Paleontology 72 (5): 907–927. JSTOR 1306667. OCLC 4908698029.
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