Takracetus

Takracetus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:†Protocetidae
Genus:†Takracetus
Species: †T. 
Binomial name
Takracetus

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]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995
  2. ↑ Hulbert et al. 1998

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. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • 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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