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. —
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TYPE LOCALITY AND HORIZON. —
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pointed out that
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11414 and
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11413 could come from the Gehannam Formation (Bartonian) of the Fayum Province,
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. However,
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follows
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and indicates that the
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of
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comes from the Birket Qarun Formation, in the vicinity of Dimeh, also in the Fayum Province. This formation is regarded as early Priabonian in age by
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.
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DIAGNOSIS. — Large basilosaurid lacking the vertebral elongation observed in
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.
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9248B2800BFFB1880AF86917CDF83A" author="GINGERICH P. D." box="[618,761,2003,2027]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" pagination="363 - 378" refId="ref98592" refString="GINGERICH P. D. 2007. - Stromerius nidensis, new archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the upper Eocene Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31 (13): 363 - 378. http: // hdl. handle. net / 2027.42 / 57499" type="journal article" year="2007">Gingerich 2007</bibRefCitation>
). DISCUSSION
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The
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of
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18988FB4E11F2FADC" box="[1000,1222,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Masracetus markgrafi</emphasis>
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was initially referred to
<taxonomicName id="4C034EC0800BFFB1892BFAAE11F6FAFF" authority="(Stromer 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Stromer" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[843,1218,1299,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Basilosauridae" genus="Zeuglodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachyspondylus">
<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB1892BFAAE1124FAFC" box="[843,1040,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Z. brachyspondylus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9248B2800BFFB18E41FAAE118DFAFF" author="STROMER E." box="[1057,1209,1300,1326]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" pagination="106 - 178" refId="ref103688" refString="STROMER E. 1908. - Die Archaeoceti des agyptischen Eozans. Beitrage zur Palaontolgie und Geologie Ostrerreich- Ungarns und des Orients 21: 106 - 178." type="journal article" year="1908">Stromer 1908</bibRefCitation>
)
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and more recently to
<taxonomicName id="4C034EC0800BFFB1894EFA8E110EFA9F" authority="(Uhen 2005)" baseAuthorityName="Uhen" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[814,1082,1331,1358]" class="Mammalia" family="Basilosauridae" genus="Cynthiacetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maxwelli">
<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB1894EFA8E169CFA9C" box="[814,936,1331,1358]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">C. maxwelli</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9248B2800BFFB189D6FA891104FA9F" author="UHEN M. D." box="[950,1072,1331,1358]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" pagination="157 - 172" refId="ref104724" refString="UHEN M. D. 2005. - A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43 (3): 157 - 172." type="journal article" year="2005">Uhen 2005</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EF9248B2800BFFB18E24FA8911CAFA9F" author="GINGERICH P. D." box="[1092,1278,1331,1358]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" pagination="363 - 378" refId="ref98592" refString="GINGERICH P. D. 2007. - Stromerius nidensis, new archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the upper Eocene Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31 (13): 363 - 378. http: // hdl. handle. net / 2027.42 / 57499" type="journal article" year="2007">Gingerich (2007)</bibRefCitation>
pointed out that
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB1894BFAEE16AAFABC" box="[811,926,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Masracetus</emphasis>
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differs from other basilosaurids in the size and proportions of its lumbar vertebrae. Based on this feature,
<bibRefCitation id="EF9248B2800BFFB1894DFA2916DEFA7F" author="GINGERICH P. D." box="[813,1002,1427,1454]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" pagination="363 - 378" refId="ref98592" refString="GINGERICH P. D. 2007. - Stromerius nidensis, new archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the upper Eocene Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31 (13): 363 - 378. http: // hdl. handle. net / 2027.42 / 57499" type="journal article" year="2007">Gingerich (2007)</bibRefCitation>
hypothesizes that
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18ED2FA2E1655FA1C" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Pontogeneus brachyspondylus</emphasis>
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could be referred to
<taxonomicName id="4C034EC0800BFFB18E23FA0E1180FA1C" authorityName="Gingerich" authorityYear="2007" box="[1091,1204,1460,1485]" class="Mammalia" family="Basilosauridae" genus="Masracetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18E23FA0E1180FA1C" box="[1091,1204,1460,1485]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Masracetus</emphasis>
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. Because a comparison of lumbar ratios in a large sampling of basilosaurid specimens (
<tableCitation id="C68100F8800BFFB18956FA4916B0F9DC" box="[822,900,1523,1549]" captionStart="TABLE" captionStartId="7.[132,143,220,238]" captionText="TABLE 2. — Vertebral ratios of the lumbar centra of some basilosaurids.Note the high LLUM/WLUM and LLUM/HLUM ratios in Basilosaurus cetoides, Saghacetus osiris, and Stromerius nidensis. Symbols, *, type specimen; µ, average of all vertebrae belonging to the same species, reflects the intraspecific variation. Data come from direct measurements (Cynthiacetus maxwelli, C. peruvianus, Sa. osiris, Dorudon atrox); Slijper 1936 (Masracetus markgarfi); Kellogg 1936 (Zygorizha kochii); Uhen 2004 (D. atrox); and Gingerich 2007 (Str. nidensis)." pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Table 2</tableCitation>
) does not clearly distinguish
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18ED6FA49100DF9DC" box="[1206,1337,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Cynthiacetus</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18F18FA491647F9FD" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Masracetus</emphasis>
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, the differences between the two genera could very well represent intra-specific variation (when compared to the variation observed in
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18E76F9E91159F9BD" box="[1046,1133,1619,1644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">D. atrox</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18EC3F9E91034F9BD" box="[1187,1280,1618,1644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Z. kochii</emphasis>
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). Until study of the most complete specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C034EC0800BFFB18EF2F9C9102BF95D" authorityName="Gingerich" authorityYear="2007" box="[1170,1311,1650,1676]" class="Mammalia" family="Basilosauridae" genus="Masracetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="markgrafi">
<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18EF2F9C9102BF95D" box="[1170,1311,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">M. markgrafi</emphasis>
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(collected in 2006:
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) clarifies the validity of both
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18F31F929167EF91D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Masracetus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB1891DF9091132F91D" box="[893,1030,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">M. markgrafi</emphasis>
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, we follow
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and regard
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB1894BF969169BF93D" box="[811,943,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">M. markragi</emphasis>
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as a different species from
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<emphasis id="B977E951800BFFB18EB4F9681063F93D" box="[1236,1367,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="15">Cynthiacetus</emphasis>
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spp.
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