Basilosaurus

Basilosaurus cetoides

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Cetacea
Taxon: †"Archaeoceti"
Familia: †Basilosauridae
Genus: †Basilosaurus
Species: †B. cetoides – †B. drazindai – †B. isis

Name

• Basilosaurus Harlan, 1864

Type species: Zeuglodon cetoides Owen, 1839

Synonyms

• Alabamornis Abel, 1906
• Hydrarchos Koch, 1845 [nomen nudum]
• Hydrarchus Müller, 1849
• Hydrargos Koch, 1845
• Polyptychodon Emmons, 1858
• Zeuglodon Owen, 1839
• Zyglodon Hammerschmidt, 1848
• Zygodon Owen, 1839

References

• Harlan, R. 1834. Notice of fossil bones found in the Tertiary formation of the State of Louisiana. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4: 397-403.
• Owen, R. 1839. Observations on the Basilosaurus of Dr. Harlan (Zeuglodon cetoides). Transactions of the Geological Society of London 6: 69-79.
• Andrews, C.W. 1904. Further notes on the mammals of the Eocene of Egypt. Part III. Geological Magazine, London Ser. 5 (1): 211-215.
• Gingerich, P.D.; Arif, M.; Bhatti, M.A.; Anwar, M.; Sanders, W.J. 1997. Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, new archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a revised interpretation of ages of whale-bearing strata in the Kirthar Group of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30 (2): 55-81.

Vernacular names

English: Basilosaurus ("King Lizard")
日本語: バシロサウルス
中文: 龍王鯨屬

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