Description
BASILOSAURUS MOLAR ROOTED TOOTH Basilosaurus sp. probably Pappocetus lugardi, (Andrews, 1920) Late Eocene, Bartonian stage, approx. 40-million-years-old Boujdour Basin, Middle-Late Eocene Outcrops Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus . Rare specimen from an early...