August 25 , 2023
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- Paleontologists in Egypt unearthed fossilized remains of a miniature whale species that lived 41 million years ago.
- This extinct family, the basilosaurids, represents one of the earliest whale species to become fully aquatic.
- The newfound whale was only 8.2 feet long—12 times smaller than today’s blue whale.
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