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Aegyptocetus
''Aegyptocetus'' is an extinct genus of protocetid archaeocete whale known from Egypt. Taxonomy ''Aegyptocetus'' is known from the articulated holotype MSNTUP I-15459, an almost complete cranium, lower jaws (with teeth) and a partial postcranial skeleton (cervical and thoracic vertebrae and ribs). The specimen was recovered when marbleized limestone was imported commercially to Italy. It was collected in the Khashm el-Raqaba limestone quarry (, paleocoordinates ) from the Gebel Hof Formation on the northern flank of Wadi Tarfa in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, dating to the late Mokattamian age of the middle Eocene, about . Its cause of death may have been an attack by a large shark as pattern of shark tooth marks preserved on the ribs. ''Aegyptocetus'' was first named by Giovanni Bianucci and Philip D. Gingerich in 2011 and the type species is ''Aegyptocetus tarfa''. The generic name is derived from ''Aegyptus'', Latin for Egypt, and ''cetus'', Latin for whale. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegyptocetus NT
''Aegyptocetus'' is an extinct genus of protocetid archaeocete whale known from Egypt. Taxonomy ''Aegyptocetus'' is known from the articulated holotype MSNTUP I-15459, an almost complete cranium, lower jaws (with teeth) and a partial postcranial skeleton (cervical and thoracic vertebrae and ribs). The specimen was recovered when marbleized limestone was imported commercially to Italy. It was collected in the Khashm el-Raqaba limestone quarry (, paleocoordinates ) from the Gebel Hof Formation on the northern flank of Wadi Tarfa in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, dating to the late Mokattamian age of the middle Eocene, about . Its cause of death may have been an attack by a large shark as pattern of shark tooth marks preserved on the ribs. ''Aegyptocetus'' was first named by Giovanni Bianucci and Philip D. Gingerich in 2011 in paleontology, 2011 and the type species is ''Aegyptocetus tarfa''. The name of a biological genus, generic name is derived from ''Aegyptus'', Latin for Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
