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Summary
| Description | Tutcetus , partial cranium of T. rayanensis (MUVP 501, holotype), Sath El-Hadid Formation, Wadi El-Rayan valley (40 km northeast of Wadi El-Hitan), Fayum Depression, Western Desert of Egypt, early Bartonian, late middle Eocene (ca. 41 Ma) |
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| Source | Mohammed S. Antar, Abdullah S. Gohar, Heba El-Desouky, Erik R. Seiffert, Sanaa El-Sayed, Alexander G. Claxton and Hesham M. Sallam: A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the cetacean life histories during the Eocene. Nature Communications 6, 2023, pp. 707 (fig. 1), doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04986-w |
| Author | Antar et al. |
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