Paleontologists have excavated and described one of the oldest fossil sperm whales. The new species from Peru is approximately 18 million years old. Rhaphicetus valenciae was about 5 metres long and had an extremely long snout and slender, pointed teeth.
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21/09/2020
18 Million Year Old Sperm Whale With 'Needle-Shaped' Snout
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28/07/2020
Owl Discovered That Hunted Like A Hawk 55 Million Years Ago
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Siska Van ParysPaleontologists have described a large owl that killed medium-sized mammals with its feet and claws some 55 million years ago. “Today, owls kill with their beak," says paleontologist Thierry Smith (RBINS), who participated to the study of the well-preserved skeleton from Wyoming, USA.
02/06/2020
Underneath The Feathers: Darker Bird Skin Protects Against UV Light
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Reinout VerbekeBiologists from the University of Ghent discovered that bird skin becomes darker towards the equator. Tanned skin protects birds from harmful UV light. This evolutionary pattern was already know for humans and reptiles.
30/04/2020
3 Million Year Old Skeleton From Port of Antwerp New Puzzle Piece In Whale Evolution
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Reinout VerbekePaleontologists have described a new baleen whale species that swam around the North Sea some 3 million years ago. Antwerpibalaena liberatlas is an extinct cousin of the modern right whales.
06/04/2020
Scan of Small Crocodile of Bernissart Reveals New Details
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Reinout Verbeke125 million years ago a small crocodilian was living in our regions alongside the famous iguanodons. Now, the skull of ‘the small Bernissart crocodile’ has been scanned.
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