Basilosauridae
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Basilosauridae is a family of extinct cetaceans that lived during the middle to late Eocene. Basilosaurids are known from all continents including Antarctica, and are probably the first fully aquatic
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Dorudon skeletal diagram.
Cynthiacetus, mounted skeleton.
Zygorhiza, mounted skeleton.
Dorudon
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Dorudon is a genus of extinct basilosaurid ancient whales that lived alongside Basilosaurus 41.03 to 33.9 million years ago in the Eocene. It was a small whale, with D. atrox measuring 5 metres long a
Basilosauridae
…were unable to support body weight on land, they might have assisted as claspers during copulation. Analysis of tail vertebrate from Basilosaurus and Dorudon indicate they possessed small flukes. In the past, basilosaurids were predominantly separated into two groups based on absolute body size and the…
Dorudon atrox Senckenberg
Virtually complete Dorudon atrox skeleton excavated at Wadi El Hitan, displayed at the University of Michigan museum
Dorudon hind limbs, at Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C.
Dorudon skull