New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco

P. D. Gingerich, and S. Zouhri

2015

Article

Journal of African Earth Sciences 111:273-286

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.006

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Chrysocetus fouadassii
• Platyosphys aithae

Taxonomy:

• Archaeoceti belongs to Cetacea - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Pappocetus lugardi belongs to Pappocetus - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys belongs to Basilosauridae - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys paulsonii belongs to Platyosphys - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys einori belongs to Platyosphys - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys aithae belongs to Platyosphys - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys aithae belongs to Platyosphys aithae - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)
• Platyosphys aithae belongs to Platyosphys aithae - Gingerich and Zouhri (2015)