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Scientists discover astonishing razortooth whale which lived 25 million years ago
The 26-million-year-old Janjucetus dullardi was a dolphin-sized predator with sharp teeth and large eyes, providing new insights into early whale evolution and climate adaptation.
- On August 12, Museums Victoria Research Institute scientists described Janjucetus dullardi, a juvenile whale just over two metres long, from a 26-million-year-old fossil near Jan Juc on Wadawurrung Country, Victoria's Surf Coast.
- Amid the Oligocene epoch, Victoria's Surf Coast sits atop the Jan Juc Formation, which dates to between 23 and 30 million years ago, and this is the third mammalodontid species from Victoria and only the fourth worldwide.
- Ruairidh Duncan said the species resembled a small whale, 'with big eyes and a mouth full of sharp, slicing teeth,' highlighting its predator features.
- Researchers say studying the fossil will improve understanding of early whale behaviours and may help predict how modern marine ecosystems adapt to climate change in coming years.
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Australian scientists have discovered the fossil of a sharp-toned whale, a dreadful predator, which traveled the seas 26 million years ago.
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Al ArabiyaScientists unearth ‘cute’ but fearsome ancient whale
Australian scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying Wednesday the species was "deceptively cute" but a fearsome predator. Museums Victoria pieced together the species from an unusually well-preserved skull fossil found on Victoria's Surf Coast in 2019. Scientists discovered a "fast, sharp-toothed predator" that would have been
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