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Attockicetus
Taxonomy
Attockicetus was named by Thewissen and Hussain (2000). It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2010).
It was assigned to Remingtonocetinae by Bajpai et al. (2011) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Remingtonocetidae by Thewissen and Hussain (2000), Thewissen et al. (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2010), Bebej et al. (2015), Gao and Ni (2015) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Remingtonocetinae by Bajpai et al. (2011) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Remingtonocetidae by Thewissen and Hussain (2000), Thewissen et al. (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2010), Bebej et al. (2015), Gao and Ni (2015) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2000 | Attockicetus Thewissen and Hussain p. 135 figs. Fig. 2-3 |
2001 | Attockicetus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
2004 | Attockicetus van Vliet p. 143 |
2008 | Attockicetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
2010 | Attockicetus Uhen p. 203 |
2011 | Attockicetus Bajpai et al. p. 703 |
2015 | Attockicetus Bebej et al. |
2015 | Attockicetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
2016 | Attockicetus Marx et al. p. 99 |
2017 | Attockicetus Berta p. 159 |
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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.
G. †Attockicetus Thewissen and Hussain 2000
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†Attockicetus praecursor Thewissen and Hussain 2000
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. G. M. Thewissen and S. T. Hussain 2000 | Remingtonocetid with large molar protocones and orbits that are dorsal to M3. All other remingtonocetids lack a protocone and have orbits posterior to M3. |
Measurements
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Reference: Uhen 2004 |