Masracetus markgrafi Gingerich 2007 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 2007. Stromerius nidensis, New Archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) From The Upper Eocene Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 31(13):363-378

Belongs to Masracetus according to M. D. Uhen 2018

See also El-kheir et al. 2013, Gingerich 2007, Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017, Schouten 2011 and Zalmout et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 11414, a set of vertebrae (lumbar vertebrae). Its type locality is Dimeh, which is in a Priabonian offshore sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (4 collections), Jordan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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