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Basilosauridae
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Translingual
thumb|†Cynthiacetus genus, mounted skeleton
Etymology
From †mul Basilosaurus genus -idae.
Proper noun
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family order Artiodactyla extinct whales from the middle to late Eocene, considered a paraphyletic stem group that gave rise to the monophyletic Neoceti clade.
Hypernyms
family Artiodactyla order order; Whippomorpha suborder suborder; Cetacea infraorder infraorder
Hyponyms
family †Basilosaurinae subfamily, †Dorudontinae subfamily, †Pachycetinae subfamily subfamilies
Descendants
en basilosaurid 1
References
mul Cetaceans