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
Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. D. Uhen 2018
See also Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich 2007, Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017, Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011, Marx et al. 2016, Schouten 2011, Uhen 2013 and Zalmout et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetinae, Pachycetus humilis, Perucetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Tutcetus, Zygorhiza
Subtaxa: Stromerius nidensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), Jordan (1), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.