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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Fig 1. Skeletons of Basilosaurus isis (A; CGM 42195) and Dorudon atrox (B; CGM 42183 and UM 97512, 100146, 101215, 101222) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, as exhibited at the University of Michigan.

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 B. isis specimen

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

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