Dorudon atrox

Taxonavigation

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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: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
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: †Dorudon
Species: †Dorudon atrox

Name

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Holotype: CGM 9319, a partial skeleton (partial juvenile skull and skeleton).

Type locality and horizon: “Birket-el-Qurun beds (Middle Eocene): a valley about 12 kilometers W.S.W. of the hill called Gar-el-Gehannem.”

Combinations

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  • Prozeuglodon atrox Andrews, 1906: 255 [original combination]

References

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Pimary references

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  • Andrews, C.W. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt. British Museum (Natural History): London. 324 pp. BHL