Basilosaurus

Basilosaurus cetoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeoceti

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: †Archaeoceti

Familia: †Basilosauridae
Genus: †Basilosaurus
Species (2): B. cetoides – B. isis

Name

• Basilosaurus Harlan, 1864

Type species: Zeuglodon cetoides Owen, 1839

Synonyms

• Alabamornis Abel, 1906
• Hydrarchos Koch, 1845 [nomen nudum]
• Hydrarchus J. P. 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.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. Handle Reference page. 

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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