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Dalanistes ahmedi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Taxonomy
Dalanistes ahmedi was named by Gingerich et al. (1995). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 3106, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basti Ahmed, which is in a Lutetian offshore shelf shale/limestone in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Dalanistes ahmedi Gingerich et al. p. 317 figs. Fig. 17-20
2001Dalanistes ahmedi Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2004Dalanistes ahmedi van Vliet p. 143
2006Dalanistes ahmedi Clementz et al. p. 359
2008Dalanistes ahmedi McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2011Dalanistes ahmedi Bajpai et al. p. 703

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyRemingtonocetidae
subfamilyRemingtonocetinae
genusDalanistes
speciesahmedi

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.

Dalanistes ahmedi Gingerich et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. D. Gingerich et al. 1995Takracetus simus differs from all known protocetids in having a rostrum that is broader and possibly shorter relative to other measures of cranial size, and it differs in having relatively larger orbits. Cheek teeth are smaller than those in contemporary Rodhocetus kasrani.