Takracetus

Takracetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Protocetidae
Subfamily:	†Protocetinae
Genus:	†Takracetus
Binomial name
Takracetus simus Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995

Takracetus was a primitive cetacean that lived approximately 45 million years ago. The type specimen (GSP-UM 3041) is a partial skull^[1] though the literature mentions a second more complete specimen.^[2]

Notes

1. Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995
2. Hulbert et al. 1998

References

• Gingerich, Philip D.; Arif, Muhammad; Clyde, William C. (1995). "New Archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)". Contributions from Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan. 29 (11): 291–330. OCLC 34123868. Retrieved February 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
• Hulbert, Richard C, Jr; Petkewich, Richard M; Bishop, Gale A; Bukry, David; Aleshire, David P (September 1998). "A New Middle Eocene Protocetid Whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and Associated Biota from Georgia". Journal of Paleontology. 72 (5): 907–927. JSTOR 1306667. OCLC 4908698029. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)