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Pakicetus calcis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae

Taxonomy
Pakicetus calcis was named by Cooper et al. (2009). Its type specimen is H-GSP 96334, a partial skull (palate fragment with left M2-3, right M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shepherd's Lake, which is in a Lutetian coastal limestone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Pakicetus calcis Cooper et al. p. 1292 figs. Figs. 2, 3
2017Pakicetus calcis Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1

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

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Pakicetus calcis Cooper et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. N. Cooper et al. 2009Metacone and paracone labial surfaces tall; deep vertical lingual groove between paracone and metacone of M2, but not M3; p4 anteroposteriorly long, strong posterior reentrant groove, long basal projections. Differs from Pakicetus attocki (H-GSP 18470) in: M3 greater in height along the labial surface, trigon basin narrower labiolingually, protocone small, short, con- ical. Differs from Pakicetus inachus (GSP-UM 85) in: M3 greater labial height, trigon basin narrow labiolingually and shallower. Differs from Pakicetus chittas (H-GSP 97254) in: p4 lacks hypo- conid, smaller anterior basal extension.