Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Full reference: M. S. Antar, A. S. Gohar, H. El-Desouky, E. R. Seiffert, S. El-Sayed, A. G. Claxton, and H. M. Sallam. 2023. A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the cetacean life histories during the Eocene. Communications Biology 6(707):1-12

Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. S. Antar et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetinae, Pachycetus humilis, Perucetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Zygorhiza

Subtaxa: Tutcetus rayanensis

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Type: Tutcetus rayanensis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi El-Rayan, Upper Lake (Eocene of Egypt)

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