T60 - Rare Huge 3.30 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Andradite PaleoDB taxon number: 19388
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Description
PaleoDB taxon number: 19388
de Lapparent de Broin 2002 (crocodilian)
Simulolenus quadrisulcatus
Proetus subtriangularis
R59 - Amazing Cambropallas telesto Trilobite on Devonian Polished Coral Pedestal
T60 - Rare Huge 3.30 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Andradite PaleoDB taxon number: 19388Scientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 8. 4cm = 3. 30Inch REF.: T60 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare