Tutcetus

Summary

Tutcetus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Tutcetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tutcetus's image is recorded as Tutcetus reconstruction (1).png^[3].
• Tutcetus's image is recorded as Tutcetus reconstruction (2).png^[4].
• Tutcetus's image is recorded as Tutcetus rayanensis.png^[5].
• Tutcetus's image is recorded as Tutcetus - Antar etal 2023.png^[6].
• Tutcetus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Tutcetus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• TutanKhamun is named after Tutcetus^[9].
• Tutcetus's parent taxon is recorded as Basilosauridae^[10].
• Tutcetus's taxon name is recorded as Tutcetus^[11].
• Tutcetus's subclass of is recorded as Archaeoceti^[12].
• Tutcetus's Commons category is recorded as Tutcetus^[13].
• Tutcetus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as FF3C4CB9-A4B2-4522-A15E-B732FC1B507B^[14].
• Tutcetus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 476549^[15].

Why It Matters

Tutcetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2] Tutcetus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] Tutcetus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]