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Togocetus traversei

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Taxonomy
Togocetus traversei was named by Gingerich and Cappetta (2014). Its type specimen is KPG-M 1, a mandible (left dentary with M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kpogamé-Hahotoe, which is in a Lutetian marine phosphorite in Togo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Togocetus traversei Gingerich and Cappetta p. 111 figs. Fig. 4-11
2018Togocetus traversei Mourlam and Orliac
2019Togocetus traversei Karl and Tichy p. 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyProtocetidae
genusTogocetus
speciestraversei

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.

†Togocetus traversei Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available