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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 years ago

A new species of early toothed whale helps us understand the history of modern dolphins

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A new species of early toothed whale helps us understand the history of modern dolphins

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 years ago
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Have you ever wondered what the earliest ancestors of today's dolphins looked like? Then look no further, meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a new species of early odontocete, or toothed whale, that swam along the North Pacific coastline around 28 million years ago.
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