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Indocetus
Taxonomy
Indocetus was named by Sahni and Mishra (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1022]. Its type is Indocetus ramani.
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Indocetinae by Gingerich et al. (1993), Thewissen et al. (1996) and McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Protocetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Sahni and Mishra (1975), Kumar and Sahni (1986), Benton (1993), Bajpai and Thewissen (1998), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Bajpai and Thewissen (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Indocetinae by Gingerich et al. (1993), Thewissen et al. (1996) and McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Protocetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990), McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Sahni and Mishra (1975), Kumar and Sahni (1986), Benton (1993), Bajpai and Thewissen (1998), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Bajpai and Thewissen (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
I. ramani (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Indocetus Sahni and Mishra p. 18 |
| 1986 | Indocetus Kumar and Sahni p. 329 |
| 1990 | Indocetus Gingerich and Russell p. 18 |
| 1993 | Indocetus Benton p. 761 |
| 1993 | Indocetus Gingerich et al. |
| 1996 | Indocetus Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Figure 31 |
| 1997 | Indocetus McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
| 1998 | Indocetus Bajpai and Thewissen p. 223 |
| 1998 | Indocetus Williams p. 12 |
| 2001 | Indocetus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2002 | Indocetus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Indocetus Gingerich et al. p. 200 |
| 2008 | Indocetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2011 | Indocetus Bianucci and Gingerich p. 1174 |
| 2014 | Indocetus Bajpai and Thewissen p. 2 |
| 2014 | Indocetus Uhen p. 1030 |
| 2015 | Indocetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Indocetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
| 2017 | Indocetus Berta p. 159 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen 2014 | ndocetus is a medium-sized protocetid, with teeth larger than most protocetids from the Indian continent, but smaller than those of Kharodacetus, and only slightly larger than teeth of Rodhocetus. The orbit is barely elevated above the palate (unlike Kharodacetus and Dhedacetus). Indocetus has a flat supraorbital shield with large orbits, similar to all other protocetids and different from pakicetids, ambulocetids and remingtonocetids. |