Saghacetus
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Saghacetus is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale, fossils of which have been found in the Upper Eocene (middle Priabonian, 37.2 to 33.9 million years ago) Qasr el Sagha Formation, Egypt (29.7°N 30.8°E / 29.7; 30.8, paleocoordinates 25.0°N 26.7°E / 25.0; 26.7).[2][3]
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Saghacetus | |
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Skull of Saghacetus osiris at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Basilosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Dorudontinae |
Genus: | †Saghacetus Gingerich 1992 |
Species | |
S. osiris (type) | |
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