†Antaecetus Gingerich et al. 2022 (whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, A. Amane, and S. Zouhri. 2022. Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco. PLoS One 17(10):e0276110
Parent taxon: Pachycetinae according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Pachycetus
Subtaxa: Platyosphys aithai
Type: Platyosphys aithai
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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