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Description
Generic name:δόρυ (Ancient Greek:grc), dóru, “spear” + ὀδούς (Ancient Greek:grc), odoús, “tooth”.
Specific name:
atrox (Latin:lat), “cruel”.
A small archaeocete whale that lived in Tethys Sea during the Eocene Epoch. It was up to 5 metres long and about 2 metric tonnes in mass.
Colour based on common dolphin (Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758).
Timeline:
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoikum
Periode/System: Neogene
Epoch/Series: Eocene
Age/Stage: Bartonian–Priabonian
Range: 40.4–33.9 Ma
Stratigraphy:
Formation: Birket Qarun Formation
Region: Faiyum
Country: Egypt
Classification:
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Clade: Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked): Holozoa
(unranked): Filozoa
(unranked): Choanozoa
Kingdom: Animalia/Metazoa
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria/Triploblasts
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Clade: Teleostomi
Superclass: Euteleostomi/Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Rhipidistia
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Clade: Elpistostegalia/Panderichthyida
Clade: Stegocephalia
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Clade: Reptiliomorpha/Pan-Amniota
Clade: Amniota
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Eupelycosauria
Clade: Metopophora
Clade: Haptodontiformes
Clade: Sphenacomorpha
Clade: Sphenacodontia
Clade: Pantherapsida
Clade: Sphenacodontoidea
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Theriodontia
Clade: Eutheriodontia
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Epicynodontia
Clade: Eucynodontia
Clade: Probainognathia
Clade: Prozostrodontia
Clade: Mammaliamorpha
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Theriimorpha
Clade: Theriiformes
Clade: Trechnotheria
Clade: Cladotheria
Clade: Prototribosphenida
Clade: Zatheria
Clade: Tribosphenida
Subclass: Theria
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Scrotifera
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Clade: Ungulata
Clade: Paraxonia
Order: Artiodactyla
Clade: Artiofabula
Clade: Cetruminantia
Clade: Cetancodontamorpha
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Clade: Cetaceamorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Clade: Pelagiceti
Family: †Basilosauridae
Subfamily: †Dorudontinae
Genus: †Dorudon
Species: †Dorudon atrox
References:
Andrews C. W. & British Museum (Natural History). (1906). A descriptive catalogue of the tertiary vertebrata of the fayûm egypt. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British museum.
Gee, C. T., Sander, P. M., Peters, S. E., El-Hennawy, M. T., Antar, M. S. M., Zalmout, I. S., & Gingerich, P. D. (2018). Fossil burrow assemblage, not mangrove roots: reinterpretation of the main whale-bearing layer in the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-018-0337-0
Kellogg, R. (1936). A review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 482, 1-366.
Uhen, M. D. (2004). Form, function, and anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): an archaeocete from the middle to late Eocene of Egypt.
Voss, M., Antar, M. S. M., Zalmout, I. S., & Gingerich, P. D. (2019). Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans of the late Eocene. PLOS ONE, 14(1), e0209021. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209021
Waugh, D. A., & Thewissen, J. G. M. (2021). The pattern of brain-size change in the early evolution of cetaceans. Plos one, 16(9), e0257803. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257803
