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Eocetus

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Eocetus is an extinct protocetid early whale known from the early late Middle Eocene (Bartonian) Giushi Formation in Gebel Mokattam, (paleocoordinates) outside Cairo, Egypt. [1]

18 relations: Archaeoceti, Bartonian, Basilosauridae, Basilosaurus, Basilotritus, Bone, Cusp (anatomy), Eberhard Fraas, Eocene, Georg August Schweinfurth, Lutetian, Mesocetus, Mokattam, Protocetidae, Rohrdorf, Bavaria, Sirenia, Tethys Ocean, Type species.

Archaeoceti

Archaeoceti ("ancient whales"), or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to the late Oligocene.

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Bartonian

The Bartonian is, in the ICS's geologic time scale, a stage or age in the middle Eocene epoch or series.

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Basilosauridae

Basilosauridae is a paraphyletic family of extinct cetaceans that lived during the late middle to the early late Eocene, known from all continents including Antarctica.

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Basilosaurus

Basilosaurus ("king lizard") is a genus of prehistoric cetacean that existed during the Late Eocene, 40 to 35 million years ago (mya).

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Basilotritus

Basilotritus is a genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the early late Middle Eocene (late Lutetian to Bartonian) of Ukraine, Germany, Egypt and the United States.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

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Cusp (anatomy)

A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature.

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Eberhard Fraas

Eberhard Fraas (26 June 1862 – 6 March 1915) was a German scientist, geologist and paleontologist.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Georg August Schweinfurth

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Lutetian

The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene.

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Mesocetus

Mesocetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale from the Miocene of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Mokattam

The Mokattam (المقطم, also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of a range of hills and a suburb in them, located in southeastern Cairo, Egypt.

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Protocetidae

The protocetids form a diverse and heterogeneous group of cetaceans known from Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America.

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Rohrdorf, Bavaria

Rohrdorf is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Upper Bavaria, Germany.

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Sirenia

The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.

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Tethys Ocean

The Tethys Ocean (Ancient Greek: Τηθύς), Tethys Sea or Neotethys was an ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era located between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia, before the opening of the Indian and Atlantic oceans during the Cretaceous Period.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocetus

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