Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans of the late Eocene.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Manja Voss, Mohammed Sameh M Antar, Iyad S Zalmout, Philip D Gingerich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Pyramid; The Pyramid; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209021; https://doaj.org/article/21d13604dbfe414e828e1bf8cd6e883b

Apex predators live at the top of an ecological pyramid, preying on animals in the pyramid below and normally immune from predation themselves. Apex predators are often, but not always, the largest animals of their kind. The living killer whale Orcinus orca is an apex predator in modern world oceans...