†Tutcetus rayanensis Antar et al. 2023 (whale)
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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
Belongs to Tutcetus according to M. S. Antar et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUVP 501, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Wadi El-Rayan, Upper Lake, which is in a Bartonian marine limestone in the Sath El-Hadid Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi El-Rayan, Upper Lake
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