Basilosaurus isis
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Basilosaurus isis is an extinct, large early whale species from the late Eocene known for its elongated body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate the transition from land-dwelling to fully aquatic cetaceans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basilosaurus isis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15391045 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basilosaurus isis Context triple: [Wadi El Hitan, containsFossilsOf, Basilosaurus isis]
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A.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Bowhead whale
The bowhead whale is a large, long-lived baleen whale of Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, known for its massive bow-shaped skull, thick blubber, and cultural and subsistence importance to Indigenous peoples of the far north.
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C.
Belodontichthys dinema
Belodontichthys dinema is a species of sheatfish in the family Siluridae, known as a large predatory freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asian river systems.
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D.
Cinetodus
Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
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E.
Stegodibelodon
Stegodibelodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric elephant-like proboscideans known from fossil remains in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basilosaurus isis Target entity description: Basilosaurus isis is an extinct, large early whale species from the late Eocene known for its elongated body and well-preserved fossils that illuminate the transition from land-dwelling to fully aquatic cetaceans.
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A.
Goringhaiqua
The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.
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B.
Bowhead whale
The bowhead whale is a large, long-lived baleen whale of Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, known for its massive bow-shaped skull, thick blubber, and cultural and subsistence importance to Indigenous peoples of the far north.
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C.
Belodontichthys dinema
Belodontichthys dinema is a species of sheatfish in the family Siluridae, known as a large predatory freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asian river systems.
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D.
Cinetodus
Cinetodus is a genus of eeltail catfishes known from freshwater and coastal habitats in the Australasian region.
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E.
Stegodibelodon
Stegodibelodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric elephant-like proboscideans known from fossil remains in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.