Qaisracetus arifi Gingerich et al. 2001 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Synonym: Qaisracetus spinalis Gingerich et al. 2001 [objective synonym]

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Ul-Haq, I. H. Khan and I. S. Zalmout. 2001. Eocene stratrigraphy and archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) of Drug Lahar in the eastern Sulaiman range, Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(11):269-319

Belongs to Qaisracetus according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 2001

See also McLeod and Barnes 2008 and Uhen 2500

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Qaisracetus arifi: GSP-UM 3410, a skull. Its type locality is Ander Dabh Shumali, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.
  • Qaisracetus spinalis:

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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