Walking with series in Walking with Beasts and Sea Monsters. In the novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Ishmael cites the Basilosaurus during his studies as a possible whale fossil. See also Evolution of cetaceans References Cited literature Further reading External links Eocene mammals of North America Eocene mammals of Africa Basilosauridae Transitional fossils Prehistoric cetacean genera Fossil taxa described in 1834 Taxa named by Richard Harlan Taxa named by Charles William Andrews Symbols of Alabama Symbols of Mississippi Fossil cetaceans misidentified as reptiles Eocene mammals of Asia