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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Dorudontinae are a group of extinct cetaceans that are related to Basilosaurus. Subfamily Dorudontinae Genus Ancalecetus Ancalecetus simonsi Genus Chrysocetus...
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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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