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Nalacetus ratimitus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae

Taxonomy
Nalacetus ratimitus was named by Thewissen and Hussain (1998). Its type specimen is H-GSP 18521, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-GSP 62, which is in a Lutetian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Nalacetus ratimitus Thewissen and Hussain p. 223 figs. fig. 2
2008Nalacetus ratimitus McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2017Nalacetus ratimitus Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1

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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()
genusNalacetus
speciesratimitus

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.

†Nalacetus ratimitus Thewissen and Hussain 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available