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Are we reconstructing early whales right?

Started by carliro, September 29, 2024, 05:36:17 AM

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I've always imagined the more sea-bound archeoceti like the basilosaurids and protocetids having fleshy, symmetrical nares similar to modern baleen whales, but imagined that the more amphibious groups even as far back as Ambulocetus had nostrils like modern leopard seals.
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"They said I could be whatever I wanted to be when I evolved. So I decided to be a crocodile."
-Ambulocetus, 47.8–41.3mya

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