Dorudon
extinct genus of cetaceans
Dorudon ("spear-tooth") was a genus of ancient cetacean. It lived alongside Basilosaurus, 41 to 33 million years ago, in the Eocene.
| Dorudon Temporal range: late Eocene
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| Genus: | Dorudon Gibbes, 1845
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They were about five meters (16 ft) long and were most likely carnivorous, feeding on small fish and molluscs. Dorudon lived in warm seas around the world., Fossils have been found along the former shorelines of the Tethys Sea in present-day Western Sahara, Egypt, Pakistan, the United States, and New Zealand. Most finds have been in Egypt.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Paleobiology database". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
