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Ambulocetus natans
Taxonomy
Ambulocetus natans was named by Thewissen et al. (1994). Its type specimen is H-GSP 18507, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-GSP 9209, which is in a Lutetian marine siltstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Ambulocetus natans Madar and Thewissen p. 35A |
| 1994 | Ambulocetus natans Thewissen et al. pp. 210-212 figs. 1-2 |
| 1996 | Ambulocetus natans Thewissen et al. p. 10 |
| 2001 | Ambulocetus natans Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2004 | Ambulocetus natans van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Ambulocetus natans McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2012 | Ambulocetus natans Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4 |
| 2017 | Ambulocetus natans Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1 |
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†Ambulocetus natans Thewissen et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available