Temporal range: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian), ~41 Ma
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Holotype specimen block
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Infraorder:
Cetacea
Family:
†Basilosauridae
Genus:
†Tutcetus Antar et al., 2023
Type species
†Tutcetus rayanensis
Antar et al., 2023
Tutcetus is an extinct genus of diminutive basilosaurid cetacean from the Bartonian of Egypt. Tutcetus, named after the child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is both one of the oldest known basilosaurids from Africa and the smallest member of the family. It is suggested that the type specimen, a subadult close to maturity, only measured approximately 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long. The genus is monotypic, only including the species T. rayanensis.
Tutcetus is an extinct genus of diminutive basilosaurid cetacean from the Bartonian of Egypt. Tutcetus, named after the child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is both...
an extinct whale discovered in the Eocene deposits of Egypt was named Tutcetus, after Tutankhamun, due to the small size and immature age of the type...
subfamily except Cynthiacetus. Basilosaurids have a diverse range of sizes. Tutcetus rayanensis, the smallest member, is about 2.51-2.55 meters (8 feet 3 inches...
El Hitan, a protectorate containing fossils of extinct whales including Tutcetus rayanensis, named after this area in 2023. The vegetation is confined to...
contrasted by a phylogenetic analysis published alongside the description of Tutcetus. While this study also supported a paraphyletic Basilosauridae, pachycetines...
Lambert Miocene (Langhian) Calvert Formation United States ( Maryland) Tutcetus Gen. et sp. nov Antar et al. Eocene Fayum Depression Egypt A basilosaurid...
later papers such as the description of the small-bodied basilosaurid Tutcetus, which also argues against the concept of a distinct Basilosaurinae and...
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