Eocetus
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eocetus-181-12924039
title:
Eocetus
text:
Eocetus is an extinct protocetid early whale known from the early-late Eocene Giushi Formation in Gebel Mokattam, outside Cairo, Egypt. Fossil remains have also been discovered in the Aridal Formation of the Sahara Desert in southwestern Morocco. The type specimen was first named by Fraas as Mesocetus schweinfurthi. However, the name Mesocetus was previously used causing a change to the species name to Eocetus schweinfurthi. Since the genus was first described in the early 20th century, several
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct protocetid early whale
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocetus
date created:
2013-07-28T12:42:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T22:07:24Z
main entity:
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