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arrangement is
unique to
basilosaurids, as some of the
characteristics are also seen in Georgiacetus. As archaeocetes,
Basilosaurids lacked the telescoping...
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basilosaurid cetacean from the
Bartonian of Egypt. Tutcetus,
named after the
child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is both one of the
oldest known basilosaurids...
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Cynthiacetus peruvi****,
which had the most
complete fossil skeleton of a
basilosaurid at the time and has a 20
thoracic and 17
lumbar vertebrae,
Bianucci et...
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Dorudon ("spear-tooth") is a
genus of
extinct basilosaurid ancient whales that
lived alongside Basilosaurus 40.4 to 33.9
million years ago in the Eocene...
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realized that they had
created a
cross section of a 40
million year old
basilosaurid fossil. This find was
another thing that
caught the eye of Gingerich...
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Skeletons of
basilosaurid whales like
Dorudon (featured above) were
discovered at the site...
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similar anatomy independently.
Though the
identity of
Basiloterus as a
basilosaurid is
generally maintained, its
exact position within more
recent interpretations...
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stomach contents in one
basilosaurid indicates that it ate fish.
Although they look very much like
modern cetaceans,
basilosaurids lacked the 'melon organ'...
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Cynthiacetus is an
extinct genus of
basilosaurid early whale that
lived during the Late
Eocene (Bartonian-Priabonian, 40.4 to 33.9
million years ago.)...
- El-Sa****, S.; Claxton, A.G.; Sallam, H.M. (2023). "A
diminutive new
basilosaurid whale reveals the
trajectory of the
cetacean life
histories during the...
