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    discovered, Basilosaurus would have preferred to live in the shallows, specifically in the middle to outer neritic zones of the inland sea. Basilosaurus was at...
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    total skeletal length estimate of 20.0 meters (65.6 ft). When using Basilosaurus isis (18 thoracic and 19 lumbar) and Dorudon atrox (17 thoracic and 20...
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    from Basilosaurus and Dorudon indicate they possessed small flukes. Basilosaurinae was proposed as a subfamily containing two genera: Basilosaurus and...
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    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...
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    plesiosaur, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, or extinct whales like Basilosaurus. Ship damage from Tropical cyclones such as hurricanes or typhoons may...
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  • inflexible swimmer that swam by moving its entire body up and down similar to Basilosaurus. It has further been suggested that Pachycetus preferred shallow waters...
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  • species of Basilosaurus in that the centra of the lumbar vertebrae were less elongated relative to their height compared to those of Basilosaurus. The crosssections...
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    except Cynthiacetus. Subfamily Basilosaurinae Genus Basilosaurus Basilosaurus cetoides Basilosaurus isis Genus Basiloterus Basiloterus hussaini Basilosauridae...
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    Color(s) Red, white Dance Square dance Food Pecan, blackberry, peach Fossil Basilosaurus Gemstone Star blue quartz Mineral Hematite Rock Marble Shell Johnstone's...
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    Dorudontinae are a group of extinct cetaceans that are related to Basilosaurus. Subfamily Dorudontinae Genus Ancalecetus Ancalecetus simonsi Genus Chrysocetus...
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  • isolated vertebrae to his new genus, both of which Uhen 1998 moved to Basilosaurus drazindai. A holotype, described by Stromer 1903 as Zeuglodon macrospondylus...
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    the modification of the forelimbs into flippers which occurred with Basilosaurus 35 million years ago, and the shrinking and eventual disappearance of...
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    assembled collection of bones from at least five fossil specimens of Basilosaurus. "Supposed Appearance Of The Great Sea-Serpent, From H.M.S. Plumper,...
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  • themselves in an underground lake with a live, ancient whale called a Basilosaurus! Package item : A fossil detector for Kamal Word of this episode : TBA...
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    cranium (blowholes), and the modification of the forelimbs into flippers (Basilosaurus 35 mya), and the shrinking and eventual disappearance of the hind limbs...
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    Togocetus (Gingerich & Cappetta 2014) Basilosauridae Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus (Harlan 1834) Basiloterus (Gingerich et al. 1997) Eocetus (Fraas 1904)...
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    Paleogene to Neogene period. The area is where the type specimen of Basilosaurus, an ancient whale first thought to be a reptile, was found. Earth sciences...
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    Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys...
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    Dorudontidae whose most famous member, Dorudon, lived at the same time as Basilosaurus. Both groups had already developed some of the typical anatomical features...
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  • Himalayacetus Gandakasia (Late Eocene) Tutcetus Perucetus Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Dorudontinae Ancalecetus...
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    Basilosaurus...
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    a variety of marine invertebrates and the primitive whales, such as Basilosaurus. During the later Miocene Florida was exposed as dry land again due to...
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    in the public part of the park. The two common whales are the large Basilosaurus, and the smaller (3- to 5-metre) Dorudon. At least two other species...
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    was home to a diverse marine invertebrate fauna and the early whale Basilosaurus. Fragments of leaves and petrified wood documented the contemporary local...
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    Appalachiosaurus (similar to Tyrannosaurus); and the state fossil of Alabama, the Basilosaurus cetoides (an 80-foot or 24-metre fossil whale). For smaller children...
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    2307/1004839. JSTOR 1004839. Richard Harlan (1839). "Notice of the discovery of Basilosaurus and Batrachiotherium". Proceedings of the Geological Society of London...
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    The teeth of the preserved fossils show similarity to the teeth of Basilosaurus, another genus of prehistoric cetaceans. The incisors are cone-like,...
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    ago. By 40 Ma ago, cetaceans had attained a length of 20 m or more in Basilosaurus, an elongated, serpentine whale that differed from modern whales in many...
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    quickly. On the flipside, the large sizes of later basilosaurids such as Basilosaurus itself may have been driven by the middle Eocene climatic optimum or...
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    short-faced bear fossil skeleton Barylambda pantodont fossil skeleton Basilosaurus prehistoric cetacean fossil skeleton, pelvis with hind limbs Coryphodon...
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