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Babiacetus indicus
Taxonomy
Babiacetus indicus was named by Trivedy and Satsangi (1984). Its type specimen is GSI 19647, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Babia Hills, which is in a Lutetian estuary/bay shale in the Harudi Formation of India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Babiacetus indicus Trivedy and Satsangi pp. 322-323 |
| 1995 | Babiacetus indicus Gingerich et al. |
| 2001 | Babiacetus indicus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2006 | Babiacetus indicus Clementz et al. p. 360 |
| 2008 | Babiacetus indicus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2014 | Babiacetus indicus Bajpai and Thewissen p. 5 |
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†Babiacetus indicus Trivedy and Satsangi 1984
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen 2014 | Babiacetus has robust tooth crowns with lower premolars that are relatively wide compared to the lower molars (Table 1) and a mandibular symphysis that reaches caudal to p2. |
Measurements
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