| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae : Basiloterus : Basiloterus hussaini |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae : Basiloterus : Basiloterus hussaini |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Basiloterus |
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| Scientific Name | Basiloterus hussaini (Gingerich et al., 1997) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Basiloterus hussaini | species | belongs to Basiloterus | stated without evidence | Gingerich et al., 1997 | | Basiloterus hussaini | species | belongs to Basilosaurus | stated without evidence | Uhen, 2002 | | Basiloterus hussaini | species | belongs to Basiloterus | stated without evidence | Uhen, 2004 | | Basiloterus hussaini | species | nomen dubium Basilosauridae | stated without evidence | Uhen, 2013 | | Basiloterus hussaini | species | belongs to Basiloterus | stated with evidence | Uhen, 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Cetacea) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Cetacea) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Cetacea) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Cetacea) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P D Gingerich, M. Arif, and M. A. Bhatti, M. Anwar, W. J. Sanders. 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 |
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| Gingerich P D, Arif M, et al (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 |
| Thewissen J. G. M., Williams E. M., et al (2001) Eocene mammal faunas from northern Indo-Pakistan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2, 347-366 |
| Uhen M. D. (2004) Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 34, 1-222 |
| van Vliet H. J. (2004) Wadi Hitan, het dal der walvissen over oerwalvissen in Egypte en de evolutie der walvissen, Grondboor & Hamer 6, 141-147 |
| McLeod S. A., Barnes L. G. (2008) A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain, Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41, 73-98 |
| Schouten S. (2011) De wervels van Basilosauridae: een overzicht van en een vergelijking met raadselachtige vondsten uit de Noordzee, Cranium 28 2, 17-25 |
| Goldin P., Zvonok E. (2013) Basilotritus uheni, a New Cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Eastern Europe, Journal of Paleontology 87 2, 254-268 doi:10.1666/12-080R.1 |
| Uhen M. D. (2018) Basilosaurids and Kekenodontids, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition, 78-80 |
Basiloterus hussaini ✝
