It was assigned to Pakicetidae by Bajpai and Gingerich (1998) and McLeod and Barnes (2008); and to Ambulocetidae by Thewissen et al.
The classification of the organism was initially assigned to Pakicetidae by two researchers, Bajpai and Gingerich (1998), and McLeod and Barnes (2008). Later, another group, Thewissen et al., placed it in a different taxonomic category, Ambulocetidae.