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Himalayacetus subathuensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae

Taxonomy
Himalayacetus subathuensis was named by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998) [Roorkee University Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory]. Its type specimen is RUSB 2003, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuthar Nala, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in the Subathu Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Himalayacetus subathuensis Bajpai and Gingerich p. 15464 figs. fig. 1-2
2001Himalayacetus subathuensis Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2006Himalayacetus subathuensis Clementz et al. p. 359
2008Himalayacetus subathuensis McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2012Himalayacetus subathuensis Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4
2014Himalayacetus subathuensis Gingerich and Cappetta p. 128 figs. Figure 16

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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
familyPakicetidae()
genusHimalayacetus
speciessubathuensis

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Himalayacetus subathuensis Bajpai and Gingerich 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available