15-Meter-Long Ancient Whale Basilosaurus Isis Was Top Marine Predator (IMAGE)

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15-Meter-Long Ancient Whale Basilosaurus Isis Was Top Marine Predator

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<p>Fig 1. Skeletons of <em>Basilosaurus isis</em> (A; CGM 42195) and <em>Dorudon atrox</em> (B; CGM 42183 and UM 97512, 100146, 101215, 101222) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, as exhibited at the University of Michigan. <p>Both are adult, fully grown, and illustrated at the same scale (scale bar equals 1 meter). CGM 42195 shows a cast of a 15 meter long <em>B. isis</em> specimen

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Voss <em>et al</em>., 2019

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