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Indocetus ramani
Taxonomy
Indocetus ramani was named by Sahni and Mishra (1975). Its type specimen is LUVP 11034, a skull, 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 Indocetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Indocetus ramani Sahni and Mishra |
| 1993 | Indocetus ramani Gingerich et al. |
| 1998 | Indocetus ramani Bajpai and Thewissen p. 223 |
| 2001 | Indocetus ramani Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Indocetus ramani McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2014 | Indocetus ramani Bajpai and Thewissen p. 3 |
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†Indocetus ramani Sahni and Mishra 1975
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen 2014 | ndocetus is a medium-sized protocetid, with teeth larger than most protocetids from the Indian continent, but smaller than those of Kharodacetus, and only slightly larger than teeth of Rodhocetus. The orbit is barely elevated above the palate (unlike Kharodacetus and Dhedacetus). Indocetus has a flat supraorbital shield with large orbits, similar to all other protocetids and different from pakicetids, ambulocetids and remingtonocetids. |