Takracetus

Takracetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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]

Notes

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. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

Archaeocete genera by family

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea

Georgiacetinae	Babiacetus Carolinacetus Georgiacetus Natchitochia Pappocetus Pontobasileus

Makaracetinae	Makaracetus

Protocetinae	Aegyptocetus Artiocetus Crenatocetus Gaviacetus Indocetus Maiacetus Protocetus Qaisracetus Rodhocetus Takracetus Togocetus

Basilosauridae

Basilosaurinae	Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Platyosphys

Dorudontinae	Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Supayacetus Zygorhiza

Stromeriinae	Stromerius

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.