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Basilosaurus

Basilosaurus cetoides

Era: PaleogeneDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: EoceneSize: 20.1mWeight: 15000kg

Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science