Does Basilosaurus Eat Whales?

The Basilosaurus skeleton at the center of the study was found in 2010 at Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt. ... Paleontologists already suspected that Basilosaurus fed on large fish and other whales. Gut contents from another Basilosaurus species - Basilosaurus cetoides - showed this whale ate sharks and large fish.

Is Basilosaurus related to whales?

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).

Was the Basilosaurus a predator?

The new findings are consistent with Basilosaurus, the largest known marine animal of its day, being an apex predator. Evidence of whales preying on other whales is uncommon, both in the fossil record and among living species.