Wādī al-Ḥītān (Arabic: وادي الحيتان, lit. 'Wadi of the Whales' Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈwa.diː elˈħit.æːn] ) is a paleontological site in the...
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Basilosaurus (section Wadi El Hitan)
teeth" in reference to the double-rooted teeth) and Harlan agreed. Wādī al-Ḥītān (Arabic: وادي الحيتان, lit. 'Valley of the Whales') is an Egyptian sandstone...
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precisely the Basilosaurus in Fayoum's Wadi Zeuglodon (or wadi al-Hitan, Whale Valley) Another whale in Wadi Zeuglodon is the Dorudon Primitive whale...
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gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whales". PLoS...
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Abu Mena Thebes Cairo Giza Saint Catherine Wadi Al-Hitan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage...
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Priabonian stage/age) deposits of the Birket Qarun Formation within the Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage Site in Egypt. A more complete fossil pelican of early...
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catfish whose fossils were first discovered in Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. It lived during the Eocene period around 37 million years ago...
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transition from land to water was completed in about 10 million years. The Wadi Al-Hitan ("Whale Valley") in Egypt contains numerous skeletons of Basilosaurus...
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paleocoordinates 24°36′N 26°12′E / 24.6°N 26.2°E / 24.6; 26.2) in Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. The species is named after anthropologist and primate researcher...
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