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Basilosaurus - age-of-dinosaurs-popular-sizes
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Basilosaurus

35.3cm x 3.1cm
Period:Eocene
Meaning:Emperor lizard
Fun Facts:
  • An enormous early whale that still retained ancestral and vestigial hind legs. The front flippers were also not fully evolved. Basilosaurus moved in an undulating manner through the surface water and probably could not dive deeply.