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- Tutcetus is an extinct genus of diminutive basilosaurid cetacean from the Bartonian of Egypt. Tutcetus, named after the child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is both...
- Basilosaurus and Basiloterus. Basilosaurids have a diverse range of sizes. Tutcetus rayanensis, the smallest member, is about 2.51-2.55 meters (8 feet 3 inches...
- an extinct whale discovered in the Eocene deposits of Egypt was named Tutcetus, after Tutankhamun, due to the small size and immature age of the type...
- Chrysocetus was a comparably small basilosaurid, larger than Saghacetus and Tutcetus but smaller than most other members of this group. In addition to being...
- is notable for the discovery of the holotype of the basilosaurid whale Tutcetus wadii, the smallest basilosaurid whale ever found. This fossil was located...
- Year Taxon Authors 2023 Tutcetus rayanensis gen. et sp. nov. Antar, Gohar, El-Desouky, Seiffert, El-Sa****, Claxton, & Sallam 2021 Phiomicetus anubis gen...
- (Gingerich 1992) Stromerius (Gingerich 2007) Supayacetus (Uhen et al. 2011) Tutcetus (Antar et al. 2023) Zygorhiza (True 1908) Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus...
- Ocucajea Tutcetus rayanensis...
- El Hitan, a protectorate containing fossils of extinct whales including Tutcetus rayanensis, named after this area in 2023. The vegetation is confined to...
- reaching about 15 ft (4.6 m) long. The smallest basilosaurid whale is Tutcetus and measures 8.2 ft (2.5 m) long. The large size of basilosaurids is due...