Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a
genus of large
archaeocetewhale from the late
Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9
million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first prehistoric whale known to science.
^Gingerich, P. D.; Arif, M; Bhatti, M Akram; Anwar, M; Sanders, William J (1997). "Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, New Archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a Revised Interpretation of Ages of Whale-Bearing Strata in the Kirthar Group of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 30 (2): 55–81.
hdl:
2027.42/48652.
OCLC742731913.
^Gingerich, Philip D.; Zouhri, Samir (2015). "New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 111: 273–286.
Bibcode:
2015JAfES.111..273G.
doi:
10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.006.
^Gol'din, Pavel; Zvonok, Evgenij (2013). "Basilotritus uheni, a New Cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Eastern Europe". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (2): 254–268.
Bibcode:
2013JPal...87..254G.
doi:
10.1666/12-080R.1.
S2CID83864139.
^Molina, Eustoquio; Gonzalvo, Concepción; Ortiz, Silvia; Cruz, Luis E. (28 February 2006). "Foraminiferal turnover across the Eocene–Oligocene transition at Fuente Caldera, southern Spain: No cause–effect relationship between meteorite impacts and extinctions". Marine Micropaleontology. 58 (4): 270–286.
Bibcode:
2006MarMP..58..270M.
doi:
10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.11.006.
^Uhen, Mark D. (2002).
"Basilosaurids". In Perrin, William F.; Würsig, Bernd; Thewissen, J. G. M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press. pp.
79–81.
ISBN978-0-12-551340-1.
^Uhen, Mark D. (2004). "Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon Atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt". Papers on Paleontology. 34: 11.
hdl:
2027.42/41255.
^"Basilosaurus spp". College of Osteopathic Medicine. Robert Boessenecker and Jonathan Geisler.
^Müller, Johannes Peter (1849). Über die fossilen Reste der Zeuglodonten von Nordamerika mit Rücksicht auf die europäischen Reste aus dieser Familie. Berlin: Reiner. pp. 1–38.
OCLC422134028.
^Uhen, M. D. (2005). "A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi". Mississippi Geology. 43 (3): 157–172.
^Gingerich, P. D. (1992). "Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments". University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology. 30: 1–84.
hdl:
2027.42/48630.
OCLC26941847.
^Abel, O. (1906). "Ueber den als Beckengurtel von Zeuglodon beschriebenen Schultergurtel eines Vogels aus dem Eocan von Alabama" [On the shoulder girdle of a bird from the Eocene of Alabama described as a pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 15: 450–458.
Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a
genus of large
archaeocetewhale from the late
Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9
million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first prehistoric whale known to science.
^Gingerich, P. D.; Arif, M; Bhatti, M Akram; Anwar, M; Sanders, William J (1997). "Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, New Archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a Revised Interpretation of Ages of Whale-Bearing Strata in the Kirthar Group of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan)". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 30 (2): 55–81.
hdl:
2027.42/48652.
OCLC742731913.
^Gingerich, Philip D.; Zouhri, Samir (2015). "New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 111: 273–286.
Bibcode:
2015JAfES.111..273G.
doi:
10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.006.
^Gol'din, Pavel; Zvonok, Evgenij (2013). "Basilotritus uheni, a New Cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Eastern Europe". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (2): 254–268.
Bibcode:
2013JPal...87..254G.
doi:
10.1666/12-080R.1.
S2CID83864139.
^Molina, Eustoquio; Gonzalvo, Concepción; Ortiz, Silvia; Cruz, Luis E. (28 February 2006). "Foraminiferal turnover across the Eocene–Oligocene transition at Fuente Caldera, southern Spain: No cause–effect relationship between meteorite impacts and extinctions". Marine Micropaleontology. 58 (4): 270–286.
Bibcode:
2006MarMP..58..270M.
doi:
10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.11.006.
^Uhen, Mark D. (2002).
"Basilosaurids". In Perrin, William F.; Würsig, Bernd; Thewissen, J. G. M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press. pp.
79–81.
ISBN978-0-12-551340-1.
^Uhen, Mark D. (2004). "Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon Atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt". Papers on Paleontology. 34: 11.
hdl:
2027.42/41255.
^"Basilosaurus spp". College of Osteopathic Medicine. Robert Boessenecker and Jonathan Geisler.
^Müller, Johannes Peter (1849). Über die fossilen Reste der Zeuglodonten von Nordamerika mit Rücksicht auf die europäischen Reste aus dieser Familie. Berlin: Reiner. pp. 1–38.
OCLC422134028.
^Uhen, M. D. (2005). "A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi". Mississippi Geology. 43 (3): 157–172.
^Gingerich, P. D. (1992). "Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments". University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology. 30: 1–84.
hdl:
2027.42/48630.
OCLC26941847.
^Abel, O. (1906). "Ueber den als Beckengurtel von Zeuglodon beschriebenen Schultergurtel eines Vogels aus dem Eocan von Alabama" [On the shoulder girdle of a bird from the Eocene of Alabama described as a pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 15: 450–458.