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Eocetus drazindai
Taxonomy
Basilosaurus drazindai was named by Gingerich et al. (1997). Its type specimen is GSP-UM 3193, a set of vertebrae (one lumbar vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bari Nadi 4, which is in a Bartonian offshore shelf claystone in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Basiloterus drazindai by Uhen (2002); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2013); it was recombined as Eocetus drazindai by Gingerich and Zouhri (2015) and van Vliet et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Basiloterus drazindai by Uhen (2002); it was considered a nomen dubium by Uhen (2013); it was recombined as Eocetus drazindai by Gingerich and Zouhri (2015) and van Vliet et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Basilosaurus drazindai Gingerich et al. |
| 1998 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen p. 33 |
| 2001 | Basilosaurus drazindai Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1 |
| 2002 | Basiloterus drazindai Uhen p. 79 |
| 2004 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen p. 12 |
| 2004 | Basilosaurus drazindai van Vliet p. 143 |
| 2008 | Basilosaurus drazindai McLeod and Barnes p. 94 |
| 2008 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen p. 561 |
| 2008 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen et al. p. 582 |
| 2009 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen p. 93 |
| 2011 | Basilosaurus drazindai Schouten p. 18 |
| 2012 | Basilosaurus drazindai Kalmykov p. 179 |
| 2013 | Basilosaurus drazindai Goldin and Zvonok p. 263 |
| 2015 | Eocetus drazindai Gingerich and Zouhri p. 282 |
| 2018 | Basilosaurus drazindai Uhen p. 79 |
| 2019 | Eocetus drazindai van Vliet et al. p. 109 |
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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.
†Eocetus drazindai Gingerich et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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