Article 43Z3X Toothless, 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Could Be an Evolutionary ‘Missing Link’

Toothless, 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Could Be an Evolutionary ‘Missing Link’

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George Dvorsky
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A closer examination of a fossil found more than four decades ago has led to the identification of a new species of whale-a 33-million-year-old cetacean featuring neither teeth nor baleen. Its discovery could solve a longstanding mystery about the origin of filter-feeding whales, but some scientists say the new"

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