| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Kharodacetus sahnii
Taxonomy
Gaviacetus sahnii was named by Bajpai and Thewissen (1998). Its type specimen is VPL 1021, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harudi, which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Harudi Formation of India. It is the type species of Kharodacetus.
It was recombined as Kharodacetus sahnii by Bajpai and Thewissen (2014).
It was recombined as Kharodacetus sahnii by Bajpai and Thewissen (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Gaviacetus sahnii Bajpai and Thewissen pp. 228-229 figs. 5C, 7C-D, 8C-E, 9 |
| 2002 | Gaviacetus sahnii Uhen p. 79 |
| 2008 | Gaviacetus sahnii McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2014 | Kharodacetus sahnii Bajpai and Thewissen p. 6 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Kharodacetus sahnii Bajpai and Thewissen 1998
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |