Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Alternative combinations: Basilosaurus serratus, Doryodon serratus, Zeuglodon serratum, Zeuglodon serratus
Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1845. Description of the teeth of a new fossil animal found in the Green Sand of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(9):254-256
Belongs to Dorudon according to M. D. Uhen 2018
See also Abel 1914, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Bronn 1853, Cope 1868, Gibbes 1845, Gibbes 1847, Gray and Adams 1859, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1936, Leidy 1854, Leidy 1869, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Muller 1849, Schouten 2011, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1908, Uhen 1996, Uhen 1998, Uhen 2002, Uhen 2004, Uhen 2008, Uhen 2009 and Uhen 2013
Sister taxon: Dorudon atrox
Type specimen: MCZ 8763, a maxilla. Its type locality is Mazyck Plantation, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf sandstone in the Moncks Corner Greensand Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Georgia, South Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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