Uniquely Preserved Whale Fossil Offers Clues to Transition to Water
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 16:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
If not for an observant Italian stonecutter, a recently discovered fossil whale specimen from Egypt might have become part of the edifice of some new skyscraper rather than the focus of a scientific study. This fossil skull and partial rib cage show transitional features of a new species of early whale and hint at how it became a fossil in the first place.