Takracetus Temporal range: Middle Eocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Protocetidae |
Genus: | †Takracetus Gingerich, Arif & Clyde 1995 |
Species: | †T. simus
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Binomial name | |
†Takracetus simus |
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]