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Himalayacetus
Taxonomy
Himalayacetus was named by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998).
It was assigned to Pakicetidae by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998), McLeod and Barnes (2008) and Gingerich (2012); to Pakicetidae by Clementz et al. (2006), Gingerich and Cappetta (2014) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al. (2001), Uhen (2010), Gao and Ni (2015) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Pakicetidae by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998), McLeod and Barnes (2008) and Gingerich (2012); to Pakicetidae by Clementz et al. (2006), Gingerich and Cappetta (2014) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al. (2001), Uhen (2010), Gao and Ni (2015) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Himalayacetus Bajpai and Gingerich p. 15464 |
| 2001 | Himalayacetus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2006 | Himalayacetus Clementz et al. p. 359 |
| 2008 | Himalayacetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2010 | Himalayacetus Uhen p. 201 |
| 2012 | Himalayacetus Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4 |
| 2014 | Himalayacetus Gingerich and Cappetta p. 128 figs. Figure 16 |
| 2015 | Himalayacetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Himalayacetus Marx et al. p. 98 |
| 2017 | Himalayacetus Berta p. 158 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Himalayacetus Bajpai and Gingerich 1998
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†Himalayacetus subathuensis Bajpai and Gingerich 1998
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bajpai and P. D. Gingerich 1998 | Differs from Pakicetus in having lower molars with a larger and more rounded major cusp (protoconid) on the trigonid and a smaller less eleveated minor cups (hypoconid) on the talonid. Himalyacetus differs from Pakicetus, Gandakasia, and Ambulocetus in having the anteromedial cusp at the base of the trigonid projecting more anteriorly than the anterolateral cusp. |