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A New Species Emerges From a 9.5 Million-Year-Old Whale Carcass
Nautilus · By David Nield ·
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- A prehistoric toothed whale skull shows extreme asymmetry, according to a report on phys.org.
- Toothed whales, unlike most vertebrates, have asymmetrical skulls that house specialized organs for echolocation and sound production.
- Nautilus reports a new species identified from a roughly 9.5-million-year-old beaked whale carcass.
Why it matters
The fossil adds evidence on how toothed whale skulls evolved their asymmetry, a key feature tied to echolocation and sound production.
Who’s affected
- palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists
- marine mammal researchers
- #fossil whale
- #skull asymmetry
- #beaked whale
- #new species
- #echolocation
- #palaeontology
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