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Ancalecetus simonsi
Taxonomy
Ancalecetus simonsi was named by Gingerich and Uhen (1996). Its type specimen is CGM 42290, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Hitan ZV-81, which is in a Priabonian shoreface sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Ancalecetus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1996 | Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich and Uhen p. 353 |
2002 | Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 79 |
2004 | Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 12 |
2004 | Ancalecetus simonsi van Vliet p. 143 |
2008 | Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich p. 109 figs. Table 1 |
2008 | Ancalecetus simonsi McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
2009 | Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 93 |
2011 | Ancalecetus simonsi Schouten p. 18 |
2018 | Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen |
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†Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich and Uhen 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available