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Pakicetus inachus
Taxonomy
Pakicetus inachus was named by Gingerich and Russell (1981). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 084, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chorlakki, which is in a Lutetian fluvial conglomerate in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1981 | Pakicetus inachus Gingerich and Russell p. 238 |
1998 | Pakicetus inachus Thewissen and Hussain p. 234 |
2001 | Pakicetus inachus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
2006 | Pakicetus inachus Clementz et al. p. 359 |
2008 | Pakicetus inachus McLeod and Barnes p. 92 |
2009 | Pakicetus inachus Cooper et al. p. 1292 |
2012 | Pakicetus inachus Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4 |
2017 | Pakicetus inachus Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1 |
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†Pakicetus inachus Gingerich and Russell 1981
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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P. D. Gingerich and D. E. Russell 1981 | Differs from Pakicetus attocki (West, 1980) in having serrated anterior and posterior crests on lower premolars. |