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26-million-year-old whale skull fossil found, sheds light on ancient marine life

A 26-million-year-old whale skull, belonging to the newly identified Janjucetus dullardi, has been unearthed at Jan Juc Beach ...

Shark-like ancient whale with slicing teeth discovered on Victoria's Surf Coast

With large eyes, razor-sharp teeth and a compact body built for hunting, Janjucetus dullardi is nothing like the gentle ...
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26-million-year-old whale discovered and scientists say it resembles a Pokemon

A 26-million-year-old whale fossil has been identified and researchers say it bears an uncanny resemblance to a Pokemon.

Científicos descubren una ballena antigua con cara de Pokémon y mordida de depredador

Mucho antes de que las ballenas fueran majestuosos y gentiles gigantes, algunos de sus ancestros prehistóricos eran diminutos ...
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Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big Bite

They determined it was a new, juvenile-aged member of Mammalodontidae, a family of whales that lived between 30 and 23 ...
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26-million-year-old fossil with sharp teeth reveals fierce origins of modern whales

Janjucetus dullardi,' a dolphin-sized predator with slicing teeth, offers rare insight into the earliest stage of baleen ...

This prehistoric whale had razor teeth, bulging eyes and a face only evolution could love

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

Beach walker stumbles upon new Australian ocean predator with 'extremely sharp' teeth

Fossilised body parts from a previously unknown Australian whale species have been discovered by a man during a beach walk.