†Masracetus Gingerich 2007 (whale)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Basilosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 118888
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 2007. Stromerius nidensis, New Archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) From The Upper Eocene Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 31(13):363-378
Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. D. Uhen 2018
Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Ocucajea, Pachycetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Zygorhiza
Subtaxa: Masracetus markgrafi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore