Takracetus
{{short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Middle Eocene, {{Fossil range|45|43.5}}
| genus = Takracetus
| parent_authority = {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Arif|Clyde|1995}}
| species = simus
| authority = {{Harvnb|Gingerich|Arif|Clyde|1995}}
}}
Takracetus was a primitive cetacean that lived approximately {{Mya|45}}. The type specimen (GSP-UM 3041) is a partial skull{{Harvnb|Gingerich|Arif|Clyde|1995}}
though the literature mentions a second more complete specimen.{{Harvnb|Hulbert|Petkewich|Bishop|Bukry|1998}}
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References
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- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Gingerich | first1 = Philip D.
| last2 = Arif | first2 = Muhammad
| last3 = Clyde | first3 = William C.
| title = New Archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene Domanda Formation of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)
| year = 1995 | journal = Contributions from Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan | volume = 29 | issue = 11 | pages = 291–330
| hdl = 2027.42/48650
| oclc = 34123868 }}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Hulbert | first1 = Richard C Jr
| last2 = Petkewich | first2 = Richard M
| last3 = Bishop | first3 = Gale A
| last4 = Bukry | first4 = David
|author5=Aleshire, David P
| title = A New Middle Eocene Protocetid Whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and Associated Biota from Georgia
| date = September 1998 | journal = Journal of Paleontology | volume = 72 | issue = 5 | pages = 907–927
| doi = 10.1017/S0022336000027232
| oclc = 4908698029 | jstor = 1306667 | bibcode = 1998JPal...72..907H
| s2cid = 131420545
}}
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{{Archaeoceti}}
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995
Category:Extinct mammals of Asia
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