Saghacetus
| Saghacetus Temporal range:
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| Skull of Saghacetus osiris at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris | |
| Life restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Basilosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Dorudontinae |
| Genus: | †Saghacetus Gingerich, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| †Zeuglodon osiris Dames, 1894
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| Synonyms | |
Saghacetus is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale, fossils of which have been found in the Upper Eocene (middle Priabonian, 37.2 to 33.9 million years ago) Qasr el Sagha Formation, Egypt (29°42′N 30°48′E / 29.7°N 30.8°E, paleocoordinates 25°00′N 26°42′E / 25.0°N 26.7°E).