Basilosaurus
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Basilosaurus | |
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Tengkorak Basilosaurus cetoides | |
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Subfamili: | Basilosaurinae Cope, 1868
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Genus: | Basilosaurus Harlan, 1834
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Basilosaurus cetoides | |
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Basilosaurus ("Kadal Raja") adalah genus cetacean yang hidup dari 40 hingga 34 juta tahun silam di Eosen akhir.[1]
In popular culture
Basilosaurus muncul di episode kedua dari Walking with Beasts buatan BBC. Di film Sea Monsters, Basilosaurus menjadi bahaya teratas di episode “Fourth Most Dangerous Sea of All Time” (Lautan paling berbahaya keempat selamanya). Ia ditunjukkan lebih agresif dan berkuasa dibanding di Walking with Beasts.
Herman Melville menyebut nama Basilosaurus di Bab 104 dari Moby-Dick, yang berjudul “The Fossil Whale”.
D&D accessory Frostburn memiliki daftar monster Zeuglodon (Basilosaurus).
Lihat pula
Catatan Kaki
- ^ "Basilosaurus". The Paleobiology Database. Diakses tanggal 2009-05-25.
Sumber
- Perrin, William and Wursigm Bernd, and Thweissen, J.G.M. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, 2002.
- Thewissen, J. G. M. (editor). The Emergence of Whales: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacean. Plenum Press, New York and London, 1998. ISBN 0-306-45853-5
- Zimmer, Carl. At the Water's Edge. Free Press, 1998.
- Haines, Tim & Chambers, Paul. (2006) The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life. Canada: Firefly Books Ltd.
- Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R.J.G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life.these whales are mean.
Pranala luar
- Walking with Prehistoric Beasts's profile of Basilosaurus
- Paleos Vertebrates
- Bejder, Lars and Hall, Brian K. Limbs in whales and limblessness in other vertebrates: mechanisms of evolutionary and developmental transformation and loss. Evolution and Development, 2002.
- Zeuglodons in Cryptozoology
- Basilosaurus Primitive Eocene Whales
- Basilosaurus - The plesiosaur that wasn't....