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Gandakasia
Taxonomy
Gandakasia was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746,1022].
It was assigned to Mesonychidae by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958); to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); to Pakicetidae by Gingerich and Russell (1990); to Protocetidae by West (1980), Kumar and Sahni (1986), Carroll (1988) and Benton (1993); to Pakicetinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2010), Gao and Ni (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Mesonychidae by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958); to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); to Pakicetidae by Gingerich and Russell (1990); to Protocetidae by West (1980), Kumar and Sahni (1986), Carroll (1988) and Benton (1993); to Pakicetinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al. (1996), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2010), Gao and Ni (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Gandakasia Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 11 |
| 1966 | Gandakasia Szalay and Gould p. 150 |
| 1980 | Gandakasia West p. 512 |
| 1986 | Gandakasia Kumar and Sahni p. 329 |
| 1988 | Gandakasia Carroll |
| 1990 | Gandakasia Gingerich and Russell p. 18 |
| 1993 | Gandakasia Benton p. 761 |
| 1996 | Gandakasia Thewissen et al. p. 9 |
| 1997 | Gandakasia McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
| 1998 | Gandakasia Williams p. 6 |
| 2001 | Gandakasia Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2002 | Gandakasia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Gandakasia van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Gandakasia McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2010 | Gandakasia Uhen p. 201 |
| 2015 | Gandakasia Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Gandakasia Marx et al. p. 98 |
| 2017 | Gandakasia Berta p. 158 |
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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. †Gandakasia Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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†Gandakasia potens Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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