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Kharodacetus
Taxonomy
Kharodacetus was named by Bajpai and Thewissen (2014). Its type is Gaviacetus sahnii.
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Bajpai and Thewissen (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Bajpai and Thewissen (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Kharodacetus Bajpai and Thewissen p. 6 |
| 2016 | Kharodacetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
| 2017 | Kharodacetus Berta p. 159 |
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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.
G. †Kharodacetus Bajpai and Thewissen 2014
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†Kharodacetus sahnii Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen 2014 | Kharodacetus is a large protocetid, with large premolars and molars, larger than any previously described Indo-Pakistani protocetid (Figure 2). Kharodacetus has a flat supraorbital shield with large orbits, similar to all other protocetids and different from pakicetids, ambulocetids and remingtonocetids. Kharodacetus has a long, relatively broad snout (snout is narrower in Gaviacetus and Makaracetus, broader in Takracetus), its orbit is high above the palate (unlike Indocetus), the premolars are large and robust (unlike Rodhocetus, Qaisracetus, Makaracetus and Gaviacetus). The molars have a large protocone (unlike Babiacetus) and a large metacone (unlike Maiacetus), and are, relative to P4, longer than in other protocetids (Figure 2). |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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