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...
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on sharks, large fish and other marine mammals, namely the dolphin-like Dorudon, which seems to have been their predominant food source. Based on the localities...
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claspers during copulation. Analysis of tail vertebrate from Basilosaurus and Dorudon indicate they possessed small flukes. Basilosaurinae was proposed as a...
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Cynthiacetus Cynthiacetus maxwelli Cynthiacetus peruvianus Genus Dorudon Dorudon atrox Dorudon serratus Genus Masracetus Masracetus markgrafi Genus Saghacetus...
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(65.6 ft). When using Basilosaurus isis (18 thoracic and 19 lumbar) and Dorudon atrox (17 thoracic and 20 lumbar) as proxies, a slightly larger maximum...
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Zvonok 2013) Chrysocetus (Uhen & Gingerich 2001) Cynthiacetus (Uhen 2005) Dorudon (Gibbes 1845) Masracetus (Gingerich 2007) Ocucajea (Uhen et al. 2011) Pontogeneus...
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al Hitan. Notable fossils include the ancient whales Basilosaurus and Dorudon as well as sirenians Eotheroides and Eosiren. It also contains the teeth...
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common whales are the large Basilosaurus, and the smaller (3- to 5-metre) Dorudon. At least two other species are known from rarer remains. The whales possess...
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the bones, which are all more advanced than those of the oldest known Dorudon juvenile and suggest that the holotype of Tutcetus was an advanced subadult...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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Antaecetus Pachycetus Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Saghacetus Supayacetus Zygorhiza Stromerius (Oligocene)...
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hind feet, and that it was insulated by fur rather than blubber, as are Dorudon and modern cetaceans, which made it buoyant and incapable of deep diving...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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Dorudon is known from southeastern Atlantic Coast. Outside North America, Zygorhiza has only been reliably identified in New Zealand, whereas Dorudon...
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close relationship they recover between Basilosaurus and Dorudon. In their results, Dorudon is the closest relative of Basilosaurus in place of Basiloterus...
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cetaceans are probably found within the Dorudontidae whose most famous member, Dorudon, lived at the same time as Basilosaurus. Both groups had already developed...
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representatives here are Basilosaurus, an 18 m long giant, and the up to 5 m long Dorudon. Based on stomach remains of Basilosaurus from the Wadi el-Hitan, it could...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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Dorudon and Zygorhiza. The greater tubercle is located further down the shaft than the head and is similar in proportions to what is seen in Dorudon....
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of up to 60 ft (18 m) long; dorudontines were smaller, with genera like Dorudon reaching about 15 ft (4.6 m) long. The smallest basilosaurid whale is Tutcetus...
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anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of Cynthiacetus peruvianus, a large Dorudon-like basilosaurid (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of Peru" (PDF)...
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species P. mokattamensis along with skeletons of a smaller whale called Dorudon. Poyato-Ariza, Francisco José (2013-02-01). "Sylvienodus, a new replacement...
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after being forced to swim into a mangrove swamp in search for food. The Dorudon also makes an appearance. 3 "Land of Giants" Mongolia, 25 mya (Late Oligocene)...
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Lifa Member. A weathered right distal humerus & shaft. An anthracothere. Dorudon D. atrox "Feinktirnigem graugriinlichem Sandstein der Saghastufe, Fayum"...
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is smaller than all other dorudontines. It differs from Saghacetus and Dorudon in cranial morphology; in Ocucajea the nasals extends farther posteriorly...
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Dorudontinae Ancalecetus Chrysocetus Cynthiacetus Dorudon Masracetus Ocucajea Pontogeneus Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus...
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