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Pakicetus
Taxonomy
Pakicetus was named by Gingerich and Russell (1981). Its type is Protocetus attocki. It is the type genus of Pakicetidae. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2015).
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Gingerich and Russell (1981), Carroll (1988) and Benton (1993); to Pakicetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetaceamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Pakicetidae by Thewissen and Hussain (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), McLeod and Barnes (2008) and Uhen (2015).
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Gingerich and Russell (1981), Carroll (1988) and Benton (1993); to Pakicetinae by Gingerich and Russell (1990) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetaceamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Pakicetidae by Thewissen and Hussain (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), McLeod and Barnes (2008) and Uhen (2015).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Pakicetus Gingerich and Russell |
| 1988 | Pakicetus Carroll |
| 1990 | Pakicetus Gingerich and Russell p. 17 |
| 1993 | Pakicetus Benton p. 761 |
| 1997 | Pakicetus McKenna and Bell p. 370 |
| 1998 | Pakicetus Thewissen and Hussain p. 231 |
| 2001 | Pakicetus Thewissen et al. p. 277 |
| 2003 | Pakicetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2008 | Pakicetus McLeod and Barnes p. 92 |
| 2009 | Pakicetus Spaulding et al. |
| 2015 | Pakicetus Uhen |
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