Early dispersal for quadrupedal cetaceans: Amphibious whale from middle Eocene

ScienceDaily
Nov 8, 2019, 5:16 pm111 pts
Scientists have a relatively precise idea about where whales and their closest terrestrial relatives evolved more than 50 million years ago (early Eocene), thanks to the discovery of ancient cetacean fossils in India and Pakistan. Around 45 million years ago, four-legged whales (protocetids) gradually dispersed…

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