Basilosaurus, also called Zeuglodon, extinct genus of primitive whales of the family Basilosauridae (suborder Archaeoceti) found in Middle and Late Eocene rocks in North America and northern Africa (the Eocene Epoch lasted from 55.8 million to 33.9 million years ago).

Is the Basilosaurus still alive?

Basilosaurus, sometimes known by its scientific synonym Zeuglodon, is a genus of ancient cetaceans that lived during the late Eocene, they are thought to have died out 33 million years ago, this was during the time the Eocene epoch ended and the Oligocene started. ...

Where did the basilosaurus Cetoides live?

Basilosaurus cetoides is an early archaeocete whale that lived in the shallow seas along the Alabama coast 34 to 40 million years ago. During that time, the Alabama coastline was along where Clarke, Washington and Choctaw counties are today.