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Basilosaurus

The atlas bounds Basilosaurus only with the sampled Basilosaurus isis material from the Birket Qarun Formation, including named hind-limb specimen UM 93231 within a broad approximately 37.7–35 Ma formation envelope; this is not a global genus range. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.

Represented range37.7–35 Ma
Content packagecetartiodactyla
PBDBtxn:36681

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fossil-range · medium

The atlas bounds Basilosaurus only with the sampled Basilosaurus isis material from the Birket Qarun Formation, including named hind-limb specimen UM 93231 within a broad approximately 37.7–35 Ma formation envelope; this is not a global genus range.

claim:taxon:basilosaurus:fossil-range

Known limits

References

  1. Hind limbs of Eocene Basilosaurus: evidence of feet in whalesGingerich, P.D.; Smith, B.H.; Simons, E.L. · 1990 · DOI 10.1126/science.249.4965.154
  2. Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
  3. The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
  4. Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933
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