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Bookmark or Share- Scientists discover new species of miniature ancient whale that lived ...A rendering shows the extinct basilosaurid whale Tutcetus rayanensis swimming in the Tethys Ocean of present-day Egypt, 41 million years ago. Scientists have identified a new species of ancient ...
- Fossil of Tiny, Extinct Whale Discovered in Egypt, Named for King TutThe team christened the new species Tutcetus rayanensis — Tutcetus pays homage to the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, whereas rayanensis references the Wadi El-Rayan locale where scientists dug...
- Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian ...Called Tutcetus rayanensis, the newly described species of basilosaurid, an extinct family of fully aquatic cetaceans, was the smallest known basilosaurid whale ever to exist, according to a...
- The Pharaoh of Whales: Remarkable New Species of Extinct Whale ...This new whale is the smallest basilosaurid whale discovered to date and ranks among the earliest documented members of this family in Africa. Despite its tiny size, Tutcetus has provided unprecedented insights into the life history, phylogeny, and paleobiogeography of early whales.
- A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the ...Tutcetus allows us to further test hypotheses regarding basilosaurids’ early success in the aquatic ecosystem, which lasted into the latest Eocene, and their ability to outcompete amphibious stem...
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