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Mystacodon selenensis
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Mystacodon selenensis

fossil whale
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  • Llanocetus denticrenatus
    Llanocetus denticrenatus

    Only those of Mystacodon selenensis, which date to approximately 36 million years ago, are older in the mysticete lineage. Judging by its 2-metre- (6.5-foot-) long skull, L. denticrenatus was a large animal; the skull itself bore a greater similarity to that of the basilosaurids, the extinct ancestors of…

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    Only those of Mystacodon selenensis, which date to approximately 36 million years ago, are older in the mysticete lineage. Judging by its 2-metre- (6.5-foot-) long skull, L. denticrenatus was a large animal; the skull itself bore a greater similarity to that of the basilosaurids, the extinct ancestors of…

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