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Makaracetus
Taxonomy
Makaracetus was named by Gingerich et al. (2005). Its type is Makaracetus bidens.
It was assigned to Makaracetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Makaracetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005) and Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen (2014), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
M. bidens (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Makaracetus Gingerich et al. p. 199 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2011 | Makaracetus Bianucci and Gingerich p. 1174 |
| 2014 | Makaracetus Uhen p. 1030 |
| 2015 | Makaracetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Makaracetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
| 2017 | Makaracetus Berta p. 159 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available