Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Alternative combinations: Meoscetus schweinfurthi, Mesocetus schweinfurthi
Full reference: E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem Unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 6(3):199-220
Belongs to Eocetus according to P. Goldin and E. A. Zvonok 2013
See also Abel 1914, Fraas 1904, Fraas 1904, Gingerich 2008, Gingerich and Zouhri 2015, McLeod and Barnes 2008, Stromer 1908, Uhen 1999, Uhen 2001, Uhen 2008, Uhen et al. 2011 and van Vliet 2004
Sister taxon: Eocetus drazindai
Type specimen: SMNS 10986, a skull. Its type locality is Schweinfurth locality IV, Gebel Mokattam, which is in a Bartonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Giushi Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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