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Basilosaurus cetoides, an archaeocete whale from the Late Eocene of North America
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~AndreaXXX May 25, 2009
Wow, nice job. I think this is on wikipedia, lol

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*NTamura May 29, 2009
Thank you. Yes, it is on wikipedia.
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~MikeSpikester11 Mar 18, 2009
Strange thing I don't get is. If its a Whale which is a mammal. Why does it have saurus at the end. I mean saurus is for animals that are reptiles?

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*NTamura Mar 18, 2009
The fossil was first described in 1834 by Harlan who thought it belonged to a reptile, thus the name.
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~John-the-Enforcer Dec 1, 2009
One would think they'd change the name to Basilocetus by now...

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*NTamura Dec 6, 2009
Well they can't...the first name given in a scientific paper sticks, sometimes unfortunately.
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~John-the-Enforcer Dec 7, 2009
Ah, okay. ^^;

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~PousazPower Jan 28, 2008
Is "archeocete" just an umbrella term for all of the primitive whales? I noticed that some people put Pakicetus in with Basilosaurus, and the two are not really all that similar.

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*NTamura Jan 28, 2008
Sort of, but they have a number of primitve characteristics in common the most obvious ones being the presence of hindlimbs, fully developped in the case of Pakicetus but vestigials in the case of Basilosaurus.
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~PousazPower Jan 28, 2008
Aah.

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