Basilosaurinae
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Subfamily of mammals
| Basilosaurinae | |
|---|---|
| Basilosaurus skeleton | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Basilosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Basilosaurinae Miller, 1923 |
| Genera | |
Basilosaurinae is a subfamily of cetaceans archaeocetes containing two genera: Basilosaurus and Basiloterus .[1] They were characterized by elongated distal thoracic vertebrae, lumbar, and proximal sacrococcygeal. All known members of the subfamily are larger than their relatives of the Dorudontinae subfamily except Cynthiacetus .[2]
Classification
[edit ]- Subfamily Basilosaurinae
- Genus Basilosaurus
- Basilosaurus cetoides
- Basilosaurus isis
- Genus Basiloterus
- Basiloterus hussaini
- Genus Basilosaurus
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Basilosauridae in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 2013.
- ^ Uhen 2008
References
[edit ]- Uhen, Mark D. (2008). "Basilosaurids". In Perrin, William F.; Wursig, Bernd; Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2 ed.). Academic Press. pp. 91–4. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9.
- Uhen, Mark D. (2013). "A review of North American Basilosauridae". Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin. 31 (2): 1–45.
