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Indocetinae (disused)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Indocetinae Gingerich et al. p. 414
1996Indocetinae Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Figure 31
2008Indocetinae McLeod and Barnes p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyProtocetidae
subfamilyIndocetinae
subfamilyIndocetinae

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.

Subfm. †Indocetinae Gingerich et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. D. Gingerich et al. 1993Indocetine protocetids differ from remingtonocetids, dorudontids, and basilosaurids in having Protocetus-like skulls, while retaining long necks, multiple-vertebral sacra, and substantial hind limbs not seen in protocetines. Indocetines were more aquatic than Pakicetus and other pakicetines (Gingerich and Russell, 1990), but at the same time amphibious tail-swimmers less advanced than Protocetus.