Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906

Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

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Alternative combination: Prozeuglodon atrox

Synonyms: Dorudon intermedius Dart 1923, Dorudon stromeri Kellogg 1928, Prozeuglodon stromeri Kellogg 1928, Zeuglodon intermedius Dart 1923

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt. 1-324

Belongs to Dorudon according to M. D. Uhen 2018

See also Abel 1914, Andrews 1906, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Cioppi 2014, Clementz et al. 2006, Dart 1923, Fitzgerald 2010, Gingerich 1991, Gingerich 1992, Gingerich 2008, Gingerich 2012, Gingerich 2013, Gingerich and Cappetta 2014, Gingerich et al. 1990, Kellogg 1928, Kellogg 1936, Mahdy et al. 2019, Mchedlidze 1970, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Schouten 2011, Stromer 1908, Uhen 1996, Uhen 1998, Uhen 2004, Uhen 2009, van Vliet 2004, Zalmout et al. 2020 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxon: Dorudon serratus

Type specimens:

  • Dorudon atrox: CGM 9319, a partial skeleton (partial juvenile skull and skeleton). Its type locality is Birket-el-Qurun beds, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.
  • Dorudon intermedius: NHML 10173, a partial skull. Its type locality is Birket-el-Qurun beds, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.
  • Dorudon stromeri: UISPM 'Mn. 9', a skull. Its type locality is Garet el-Esh, which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (44 collections), Jordan (1), Western Sahara (6)

Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences

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