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Qaisracetus
Taxonomy
Qaisracetus was named by Gingerich et al. (2001). Its type is Qaisracetus arifi. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Indocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Protocetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Gingerich et al. (2001), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen et al. (2011), Uhen (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Indocetinae by McLeod and Barnes (2008); to Protocetinae by Gingerich et al. (2005), Gao and Ni (2015); and to Protocetidae by Gingerich et al. (2001), Bianucci and Gingerich (2011), Uhen et al. (2011), Uhen (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
Q. arifi (syn. Q. spinalis) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Qaisracetus Gingerich et al. |
| 2005 | Qaisracetus Gingerich et al. p. 200 |
| 2008 | Qaisracetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
| 2011 | Qaisracetus Bianucci and Gingerich p. 1174 |
| 2011 | Qaisracetus Uhen et al. p. 966 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2014 | Qaisracetus Uhen p. 1030 |
| 2015 | Qaisracetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Qaisracetus Marx et al. p. 100 |
| 2017 | Qaisracetus Berta p. 159 |
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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.
G. †Qaisracetus Gingerich et al. 2001
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†Qaisracetus arifi Gingerich et al. 2001
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Invalid names: Qaisracetus spinalis Gingerich et al. 2001 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| occipitalcondyles height | 1 | 39.5 |
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