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Ichthyolestes
Taxonomy
Ichthyolestes was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958). Its type is Ichthyolestes pinfoldi.
It was corrected as Ichthyoletes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); to Mesonychidae by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958) and Carroll (1988); to Pakicetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990); to Protocetidae by West (1980), Kumar and Sahni (1985), Kumar and Sahni (1986) and Benton (1993); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pakicetidae by Thewissen et al. (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Thewissen and Hussain (1998), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Cooper et al. (2009) and Uhen (2010); and to Pakicetidae by van Vliet (2004), Gao and Ni (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was corrected as Ichthyoletes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); to Mesonychidae by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958) and Carroll (1988); to Pakicetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990); to Protocetidae by West (1980), Kumar and Sahni (1985), Kumar and Sahni (1986) and Benton (1993); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pakicetidae by Thewissen et al. (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Thewissen and Hussain (1998), Williams (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Cooper et al. (2009) and Uhen (2010); and to Pakicetidae by van Vliet (2004), Gao and Ni (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Ichthyolestes Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 15 |
| 1966 | Ichthyolestes Szalay and Gould p. 151 |
| 1980 | Ichthyolestes West p. 516 |
| 1985 | Ichthyolestes Kumar and Sahni p. 166 |
| 1986 | Ichthyolestes Kumar and Sahni p. 329 |
| 1988 | Ichthyolestes Carroll |
| 1990 | Ichthyolestes Gingerich and Russell p. 18 |
| 1993 | Ichthyolestes Benton p. 761 |
| 1996 | Ichthyolestes Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Fig. 31 |
| 1997 | Ichthyolestes McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
| 1998 | Ichthyolestes Thewissen and Hussain p. 227 |
| 1998 | Ichthyolestes Williams p. 4 |
| 2001 | Ichthyolestes Thewissen et al. |
| 2002 | Ichthyoletes Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Ichthyolestes Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2004 | Ichthyolestes van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Ichthyolestes McLeod and Barnes p. 92 |
| 2009 | Ichthyolestes Cooper et al. p. 1291 |
| 2010 | Ichthyolestes Uhen p. 199 |
| 2015 | Ichthyolestes Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Ichthyolestes Marx et al. p. 98 |
| 2017 | Ichthyolestes Berta p. 159 |
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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. †Ichthyolestes Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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†Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Pakistan (Punjab) | I. pinfoldi (45529 45586) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | I. pinfoldi (45587) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | I. pinfoldi (28978) |