Basilosaurus drazindai (Gingerich et al. 1997) [possibly also a synonym of Basiloterus]
"Mesocetus" schweinfurthi Fraas 1904a
Eocetus is an extinct protocetid early whale known from the early-late Eocene (Bartonian, 40.4 to 37.2 million years ago) Giushi Formation in Gebel Mokattam, (30°00′N31°18′E / 30.0°N 31.3°E / 30.0; 31.3, paleocoordinates 24°54′N26°48′E / 24.9°N 26.8°E / 24.9; 26.8) outside Cairo, Egypt.[1][2] The specimen was first named by Fraas as Mesocetus schweinfurthi. However, the name Mesocetus was previously used causing a change to the species name to Eocetus schweinfurthi. Since the genus was first described in the early 20th century, several other specimens, mostly isolated vertebrae, have been attributed to Eocetus, but the taxonomic status of these widely distributed specimens remain disputed.
^Eocetus in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^Gebel Mokattam, upper (Eocene of Egypt) in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
American genus (see below) to Eocetus on the similarities to Stromer's vertebrae. Uhen 1999 described a new species, Eocetus wardii, from the late Lutetian...
assignment of the fossils to Eocetus had fallen out of favour, with Geisler, Sanders and Luo (2005) suggesting it be named "Eocetus" wardii until further study...
material, consisting of a partial skull (later thought to have been that of Eocetus), a tympanic bulla and various vertebrae was recovered in 2014 along with...
(2013), but Gingerich and Zouhri (in press) reassigned it to the genus Eocetus. This species was at one point in time concluded to be the earliest record...
of the 20th century and the early 2000s. In 1999 Mark D. Uhen described Eocetus wardii based on cranial and postcranial remains from the eastern United...
cetaceans. He placed Georgiacetus near the base of this clade together with Eocetus and perhaps Babiacetus because of the assumed presence of a fluke and very...
prominent protocones on the molars, distinguishing it from Protocetus, Eocetus, Babiacetus, and Georgiacetus. P1 is single-rooted like Rodhocetus. The...
resemblance to those of protocetids such as Georgiacetus, Rodhocetus and Eocetus and could subsequently be an ancestral feature retained by this taxon....
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