Platyosphys
Name:
Platyosphys.
Phonetic: Plat-e-oh-so-fiss.
Named By: R. Kellogg - 1936.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Basilosauridae, Basilosaurinae.
Species: P. paulsoni
(type), P. einori, P. aithai.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: North Africa. Russia. Ukraine.
USA.
Time period: Middle Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Platyosphys
is a genus of basilosaurid whale
known to have ranged across the
Atlantic Ocean and throughout European and north African waters.
Further reading
- A Review of the Archaeoceti. - Carnegie Institution of
Washington 482:1-366 - R. Kellogg - 1936.
- New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the
Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco. - Journal of African
Earth Sciences 111: 273–286. - Philip D. Gingerich
& Samir Zouhri - 2015.
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