Sulaimanitherium
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| Genus: | †Sulaimanitherium Malkani et al., 2013
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Sulaimanitherium (meaning "beast of the Sulaiman Range") is an extinct genus of primitive whale from the Eocene (Bartonian) Drazinda Formation of Pakistan. The type species is S. dhanetri.[1]
Discovery and naming
The holotype is MSID-1 to MSID-100, a set of forty vertebrae, and it was discovered between 2000 and 2013. Sulaimanitherium dhanetri was named and described by Malkani et al. (2013).[1]
Description
The cervical vertebrae of S. dhanetri were found to be most similar to those of Zygorhiza kochii.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Malkani, M. S.; Dhantor, M. S. I.; Latif, A.; Saeed, H. M. "New remains of Basilosauridae-the giant basal whale, and baluchithere-the giant rhinoceros discovered from Balochistan Province (Pakistan)". Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series). 45 (A-1): 177–188. ISSN 1813-1743. Unknown parameter
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