| Named By: | Philip D. Gingerich, Muhammad Arif & William C. Clyde in 1995 |
| Time Period: | Middle Eocene |
| Location: | Pakistan - Domanda Formation |
| Size: | Uncertain |
| Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial skull, possibly skeletal remains as well |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Archaeoceti | Protocetidae | |
Takracetus was a primitive cetacean that lived approximately 45 million years ago. The type specimen (GSP-UM 3041) is a partial skull though the literature mentions a second more complete specimen.