Basilosauridae

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Basilosauridae Fossil range: Late Eocene
Basilosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Suborder: Archaeoceti Family: Basilosauridae Cope, 1868
Genera
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Basilosauridae is family of extinct cetaceans lived in tropical seas during the late Eocene.

[edit] Taxonomy

• Family Basilosauridae
  • Subfamily Basilosaurinae
    • Genus Basilosaurus
    • Genus Basiloterus
  • Subfamily Dorudontinae
    • Genus Ancalecetus
    • Genus Chrysocetus
    • Genus Cynthiacetus
    • Genus Dorudon
    • Genus Zygorhiza
  • Subfamily Kekenodontinae
    • Genus Kekenodon
    • Genus Phococetus

[edit] See also

• Evolution of cetaceans

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