Prehistoric whale skeleton

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Prehistoric whale (Dorudon atrox) skeleton. This extinct basilosaurid whale was found in warm seas worldwide around 40 to 41 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. It was a medium-sized whale that grew up to five metres in length. The basilosaurids are thought to have been the first fully aquatic cetaceans, with forelimbs that had become paddle-like flippers and rudimentary hindlimbs.

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