Tutcetus is an extinct genus of diminutive basilosaurid cetacean from the Bartonian of Egypt. Tutcetus, named after the child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is both...
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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...
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subfamily except Cynthiacetus. Basilosaurids have a diverse range of sizes. Tutcetus rayanensis, the smallest member, is about 2.51-2.55 meters (8 feet 3 inches...
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is notable for the discovery of the holotype of the basilosaurid whale Tutcetus wadii, the smallest basilosaurid whale ever found. This fossil was located...
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350 kg and occurs mainly in the Qasr-el-Sagha formation. Even shorter was Tutcetus, which with a length of 2.5 m and an estimated weight of 187 kg represents...
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name Háfez, one of the most famous and influential Persian lyric poets." Tutcetus † Antar et al., 2023 Whale Tutankhamun A fossil genus of basilosaurids...
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(Gingerich 1992) Stromerius (Gingerich 2007) Supayacetus (Uhen et al. 2011) Tutcetus (Antar et al. 2023) Zygorhiza (True 1908) Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus...
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El Hitan, a protectorate containing fossils of extinct whales including Tutcetus rayanensis, named after this area in 2023. The vegetation is confined to...
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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...
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contrasted by a phylogenetic analysis published alongside the description of Tutcetus. While this study also supported a paraphyletic Basilosauridae, pachycetines...
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Yangtze River. (Eocene) Ambulocetus Himalayacetus Gandakasia (Late Eocene) Tutcetus Perucetus Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae...
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Lambert Miocene (Langhian) Calvert Formation United States ( Maryland) Tutcetus Gen. et sp. nov Antar et al. Eocene Fayum Depression Egypt A basilosaurid...
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later papers such as the description of the small-bodied basilosaurid Tutcetus, which also argues against the concept of a distinct Basilosaurinae and...
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