dorudon

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Illustration of the ancient whale Dorudon

Dorudon is an extinct genus of basilosaurid ancient whales that coexisted with Basilosaurus between 40.4 and 33.9 million years ago. years in the Eocene. It was a small whale, with D. atrox measuring 5 meters in length and weighing 1-2.2 metric tons. Dorudon lived in warm seas around the world and fed on small fish and molluscs.