Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Alternative spellings: Dorydon, Doryodon, Durodon

Synonym: Prozeuglodon Andrews 1906

Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1845. Description of the teeth of a new fossil animal found in the Green Sand of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(9):254-256

Parent taxon: Basilosauridae according to M. D. Uhen 2013

Sister taxa: Ancalecetus, Basilosaurus, Basilotritus, Chrysocetus, Cynthiacetus, Masracetus, Ocucajea, Saghacetus, Stromeriinae, Stromerius, Supayacetus, Zygorhiza, Basiloterus hussaini

Subtaxa: Dorudon atrox, Dorudon serratus

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Type: Dorudon serratus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore