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Qaisracetus arifi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Taxonomy
Qaisracetus arifi was named by Gingerich et al. (2001). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 3410, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ander Dabh Shumali, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Qaisracetus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Qaisracetus arifi Gingerich et al. pp. 296-297 figs. 20-21
2001Qaisracetus spinalis Gingerich et al. p. 316 figs. Table A-3
2008Qaisracetus arifi McLeod and Barnes p. 93

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyProtocetidae
genusQaisracetus
speciesarifi

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.

Qaisracetus arifi Gingerich et al. 2001
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Invalid names: Qaisracetus spinalis Gingerich et al. 2001 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available