Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and M. D. Uhen. 1996. Ancalecetus simonsi, a new dorudontine archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early late Eocene of Wadi Hitan, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(13):359-401
Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. Martínez-Cáceres et al. 2017
See also Berta 2017, Gao and Ni 2015, Gingerich and Uhen 1996, Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Schouten 2011, Uhen 1998, Uhen 2002, Uhen 2004, Uhen 2009, Uhen 2013, Uhen 2018 and van Vliet 2004
Sister taxa: Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetinae, Pachycetus humilis, Perucetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Tutcetus, Zygorhiza
Subtaxa: Ancalecetus simonsi
Type: Ancalecetus simonsi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi Hitan ZV-81 (Eocene of Egypt)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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