Dorudontinae are a group of extinct
cetacea
Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel them ...
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Basilosaurus
''Basilosaurus'' (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistori ...
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Classification
* Subfamily Dorudontinae
** Genus ''
Ancalecetus
''Ancalecetus'' (from Greek ''ankale'', "bent arm", and ''ketos'', "whale") is an extinct genus of early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, ) Birket Qarun Formation (, paleocoordinates ) in Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt.
The species is named ...
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*** ''Ancalecetus simonsi''
** Genus ''
Chrysocetus
''Chrysocetus'' (from Greek ''chrysous'', "golden", and ''ketos'', "whale", in reference to the gold-colored bones of the type specimen) is a genus of extinct early whale known from Late Eocene-aged fossils of the eastern United States and wes ...
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*** ''Chrysocetus fouadassii''
*** ''Chrysocetus healyorum''
** Genus ''
Cynthiacetus
''Cynthiacetus'' is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale that lived during the Late Eocene (Bartonian-Priabonian, .) Specimens have been found in the southeastern United States and Peru ( Otuma Formation).
Description
''Cynthiacetus ...
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*** ''Cynthiacetus maxwelli''
*** ''Cynthiacetus peruvianus''
** Genus ''
Dorudon
''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. It was a small whale, with ''D. atrox'' measuring long and weighing . ''Dorudon'' ...
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*** ''Dorudon atrox''
*** ''Dorudon serratus''
** Genus ''
Masracetus
''Masracetus'' (from Arabic ''Masr'', "Egypt", and Greek ''ketos'', "whale") is an extinct genus of basilosaurid ancient whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, ) of Egypt.
''Masracetus'' was briefly described in an addendum by and is kn ...
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*** ''Masracetus markgrafi''
** Genus ''
Saghacetus
''Saghacetus'' is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale, fossils of which have been found in the Upper Eocene (middle Priabonian, ) Qasr el Sagha Formation, Egypt (, paleocoordinates ).
In 1879, German botanist Georg August Schweinfurt ...
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*** ''Saghacetus osiris''
** Genus ''
Stromerius
''Stromerius'' is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, ) of Fayum, Egypt (, paleocoordinates ).
''Stromerius'' is known from several well-preserved vertebrae. Distinguishing features for the gen ...
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*** ''Stromerius nidensis''
** Genus ''
Zygorhiza
''Zygorhiza'' ("Yoke-Root") is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, 38–34 Ma) of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, United States, and the Bartonian (43–37 Ma on the New Zealand geologic time ...
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*** ''Zygorhiza kochii''
Notes
References
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Basilosauridae
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