Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Alternative combinations: Basilosaurus osiris, Dorudon osiris, Zeuglodon osiris

Synonyms: Dorudon elliotsmithii Dart 1923, Dorudon sensitivus Dart 1923, Dorudon zitteli Stromer 1903, Zeuglodon elliotsmithii Dart 1923, Zeuglodon sensitivius Dart 1923, Zeuglodon sensitivus Dart 1923, Zeuglodon zitteli Stromer 1903

Full reference: W. Dames. 1894. Über Zeuglodonten aus Aegypten und die Beziehungen der Archaeoceten zu den Übrigen Cetaceen. Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 1(5):189-221

Belongs to Saghacetus according to M. D. Uhen 2018

See also Abel 1914, Andrews 1906, Dames 1894, Dart 1923, Gingerich 1991, Gingerich 1992, Gingerich 2008, Kellogg 1936, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Schouten 2011, Stromer 1903, Stromer 1908, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen 1998, Uhen 2002, Uhen 2004, Uhen 2009, van Vliet 2004 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Saghacetus osiris: MNB 28388, a mandible. Its type locality is Zeuglodonberg, which is in a Priabonian lagoonal claystone/limestone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
• Dorudon elliotsmithii: NHML 12066, an other.
• Dorudon sensitivus: NHML 12123, an other (cranial endocast). Its type locality is Qasr el-Sagha, which is in an Eocene marine shale/limestone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
• Dorudon zitteli: UISPM 'Mn. 3', a partial skull. Its type locality is Gebel Hameier W, which is in a Priabonian lagoonal shale in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.