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]
| Takracetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Protocetidae |
| Genus: | †Takracetus Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995 |
| Species: | †T. simus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Takracetus simus | |
Notes
editReferences
edit- 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. hdl:2027.42/48650. OCLC 34123868.
- 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. Bibcode:1998JPal...72..907H. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027232. JSTOR 1306667. OCLC 4908698029. S2CID 131420545.
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