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Patriocetus kazakhstanicus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Patriocetidae

Taxonomy
Patriocetus kazakhstanicus was named by Dubrovo and Sanders (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 3067, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karagiya, which is in a Chattian marine phosphorite/siltstone in the Karaginskaya Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Patriocetus kazakhstanicus Dubrovo and Sanders pp. 581-590 figs. Fig. 4-12
2011Patriocetus kazakhstanicus Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyPatriocetidae
genusPatriocetus
specieskazakhstanicus

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.

†Patriocetus kazakhstanicus Dubrovo and Sanders 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available