Any species of several very large extinctcetaceans belonging to the Genus Basilosaurus (genus), of the family Basilosauridae (family), from the late Eocene. the two species in the genus Basilosaurus isis (species) (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and Basilosaurus cetoides (species) (found in the southern and eastern US).
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