Dorudontinae are a group of extinct
cetacea
Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel th ...
ns that are related to ''
Basilosaurus''.
[. Retrieved July 2013.]
Classification
* Subfamily Dorudontinae
** Genus ''
Ancalecetus''
*** ''Ancalecetus simonsi''
** Genus ''
Chrysocetus''
*** ''Chrysocetus fouadassii''
*** ''Chrysocetus healyorum''
** Genus ''
Cynthiacetus''
*** ''Cynthiacetus maxwelli''
*** ''Cynthiacetus peruvianus''
** Genus ''
Dorudon''
*** ''Dorudon atrox''
*** ''Dorudon serratus''
** Genus ''
Masracetus''
*** ''Masracetus markgrafi''
** Genus ''
Saghacetus
''Saghacetus'' is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale, fossils of which have been found in the Upper Eocene (middle Priabonian, ) Qasr el Sagha Formation, Egypt (, paleocoordinates ).
In 1879, German botanist Georg August Schweinfurt ...
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*** ''Saghacetus osiris''
** Genus ''
Stromerius''
*** ''Stromerius nidensis''
** Genus ''
Zygorhiza
''Zygorhiza'' ("Yoke-Root") is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, 38–34 Ma) of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, United States, and the Bartonian (43–37 Ma on the New Zealand geologic ti ...
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*** ''Zygorhiza kochii''
Notes
References
*
Basilosauridae
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