They ranged in size from the 13-foot Saghacetus osiris to the 60-foot Basilosaurus cetoides. The King Tut whale is the smallest member of this primitive family. It was discovered by a team of ...

Basilosaurus and its close relatives have ... in which Basilosaurids included some of the largest and smallest fossil whales known. Even though the size of Perucetus is currently debated, the ...

The Daily Mail reports that Dr Khaled Fahmy, Minister of Environment, confirmed the 60ft-long Basilosaurus fossil has been found, including the small vertebrae in the tail. That makes it the only ...

And in the pages of PLOS ONE, Eric Snively, Julia Fahlke, and Robert Welsh have brought another superlative chomper to attention – the early whale Basilosaurus. The ancient toothmarks offered ...

Researchers digging in Peru's Ocucaje desert have uncovered the skull of an enormous marine predator thought to be the ancestor of modern whales and dolphins. Four feet long (1.2 meters) and lined ...