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Gandakasia potens

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ambulocetidae

Taxonomy
Gandakasia potens was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958). Its type specimen is IPHG 1956 II 4, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is G-GSP 9605, which is in a Lutetian foreshore mudstone/siltstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Gandakasia potens Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 11 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 3-4
1966Gandakasia potens Szalay and Gould p. 151
2001Gandakasia potens Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2004Gandakasia potens van Vliet p. 143
2008Gandakasia potens McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2017Gandakasia potens Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1

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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
familyAmbulocetidae
genusGandakasia
speciespotens

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.

Gandakasia potens Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:19:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:18
Source: o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Punjab) Gandakasia potens (49002)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Gandakasia potens (type locality: 95148)