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Rodhocetus kasranii
Taxonomy
Rodhocetus kasrani was named by Gingerich et al. (1994). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 3012, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bozmar Nadi, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Rodhocetus.
It was corrected as Rodhocetus kasranii by Gingerich et al. (2001) and Gingerich and Cappetta (2014).
It was corrected as Rodhocetus kasranii by Gingerich et al. (2001) and Gingerich and Cappetta (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Rodhocetus kasrani Gingerich et al. pp. 844-845 |
| 2001 | Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich et al. p. 270 |
| 2001 | Rodhocetus kasrani Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2006 | Rodhocetus kasrani Clementz et al. p. 359 |
| 2008 | Rodhocetus kasrani McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2014 | Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich and Cappetta p. 128 figs. Figure 16 |
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†Rodhocetus kasranii Gingerich et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available