Basilosaurus
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| Famili: | Basilosauridae (punah)
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| Subfamili: | Basilosaurinae (punah)
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| Genus: | Basilosaurus (punah) Harlan, 1834
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Basilosaurus ("Kadal Raja") adalah genus cetacea yang hidup dari 40 hingga 34 juta tahun silam di akhir kala Eosen.[2] Sisa sisa fosilnya telah ditemukan di Amerika Serikat (Louisiana), dan waktu itu sempat dipercaya sebagai semacam reptil laut raksasa. Walaupun penelitian lebih lanjut telah membantahkan hal ini.[3] Fosil dari sekurangnya dua spesies lain dari takson ini telah ditemukan di Mesir dan Pakistan. Basilosaurus dapat tumbuh hingga sepanjang 18 meter (60 kaki), dan dipercaya sebagai hewan terbesar pada masa saat mereka hidup.[4] Sirip belakang mereka yang kecil telah menarik perhatian bagi para paleontolog.
Dalam Budaya Populer
Basilosaurus muncul di episode kedua dari Walking with Beasts buatan BBC. Di film Sea Monsters, Basilosaurus menjadi bahaya teratas di episode “Fourth Most Dangerous Sea of All Time” (Lautan paling berbahaya keempat selamanya). Ia ditunjukkan lebih agresif dan berkuasa dibanding di Walking with Beasts.
Herman Melville menyebut nama Basilosaurus di Bab 104 dari Moby-Dick, yang berjudul “The Fossil Whale”.
D&D accessory Frostburn memiliki daftar monster Zeuglodon (Basilosaurus).
Lihat pula
Referensi
- ^ "Dir Abu Lifa (Eocene of Egypt)". PBDB. Mark Uhen.
- ^ "Basilosaurus". The Paleobiology Database. Diakses tanggal 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Basilosaurus fact file". BBC - Science & Nature. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2010-09-21. Diakses tanggal 2009-05-25. ;
- ^ Basilosaurus
Sumber
- Perrin, William and Wursigm Bernd, and Thweissen, J.G.M. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, 2002.
- Thewissen, J. G. M. (editor). The Emergence of Whales: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacean. Plenum Press, New York and London, 1998. ISBN 0-306-45853-5
- Zimmer, Carl. At the Water's Edge. Free Press, 1998.
- Haines, Tim & Chambers, Paul. (2006) The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life. Canada: Firefly Books Ltd.
- Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R.J.G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life.Simon & Schuster.
Pranala luar
- Walking with Prehistoric Beasts's profile of Basilosaurus Diarsipkan 2010-09-21 di Wayback Machine.
- Paleos Vertebrates Diarsipkan 2007-11-10 di Wayback Machine.
- Bejder, Lars and Hall, Brian K. Limbs in whales and limblessness in other vertebrates: mechanisms of evolutionary and developmental transformation and loss. Evolution and Development, 2002.
- Zeuglodons in Cryptozoology
- Basilosaurus Primitive Eocene Whales
- Basilosaurus - The plesiosaur that wasn't....
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