CAIRO – Palaeontologists in Egypt have unearthed an extinct species of whale that lived 41 million years ago when whale ancestors were just completing their move from land to sea. The team has dubbed the species “Tutcetus rayanensis” after the Egyptian boy king...
CAIRO – Palaeontologists in Egypt have unearthed an extinct species of whale that lived 41 million years ago when whale ancestors were just completing their move from land to sea.
With an estimated length of 2.5m and a body mass of approximately 187kg, Tutcetus is the smallest species so far found from the basilosaurids, the oldest known whales that lived exclusively in the water.
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