Cynthiacetus

Cynthiacetus Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Archaeoceti
Family:	Basilosauridae
Genus:	Cynthiacetus
Type species
Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen, 2005
Species
C. maxwelli Uhen, 2005 C. peruvianus Martínez-Cáceres & Muizon, 2011

Cynthiacetus is an extinct genus of cetacean archaeocete, belonging to the family Basilosauridae. Lived during the Upper Eocene 38 million years ago.^[1] Was found in the southeastern United States, Egypt and Peru^[2]. Its skull was similar in size and morphology to Basilosaurus, but unlike it had no elongated dorsal vertebrae.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Cynthiacetus maxwelli" (in inglés). The Paleobioly Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=63144&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
2. ^ Martínez-Cáceres, M.; and Muizon C. de (2011). "A new basilosaurid (Cetacea, Pelagiceti) from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Otuma Formation of Peru". Comptes Rendus Palevol 10: 517–526. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.006. 
3. ^ Uhen, Mark D. (2008). "Basilosaurids". In Perrin, William F.; Wursig, Bernd; J.; Thewissen, G.M.. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2 ed.). Academic Press. pp. 91–94. ISBN 9780123735539. http://books.google.com/books?id=2rkHQpToi9sC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Basilosaurus+Encyclopedia+of+Marine+Mammal&source=bl&ots=hDexHz79uu&sig=QLWIfHUlI8fEoZ75qDm_Rfa9cp8&hl=es&ei=1GGrTauAO4HogQfyqeDzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false.