Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Basilosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 53294
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and M. D. Uhen. 1996. Ancalecetus simonsi, a new dorudontine archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early late Eocene of Wadi Hitan, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(13):359-401
Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. D. Uhen 2018
Sister taxa: Balaenoptera juddi, Basilosaurinae, Basilosaurus, Basiloterus, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Dorudon, Dorudontinae, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Pachycetus, Pontogeneus, Pontogeneus brachyspondylus, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Sulaimanitherium, Supayacetus, Zygorhiza
Subtaxa: Ancalecetus simonsi
Type: Ancalecetus simonsi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore