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The list of extinct cetaceans features the extinct genera and species of the order Cetacea. The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, the even-toed ungulates. The earliest cetaceans were still hoofed mammals.
26 mar 2024 · A newly identified ancient skull found in Peru has revealed an extinct giant called Pebanista yacuruna that offers insight into the evolution of freshwater dolphins.
8 lis 2018 · For a period of several million years, ancient species of dolphins glided through the seas, looking in many ways similar to today’s toothed whales— with the notable exception of their...
20 mar 2024 · The researchers have now named the new species Pebanista yacuruna. The name honours a mythical aquatic people – the Yacuruna – believed to inhabit underwater cities in the Amazon basin.
21 mar 2024 · They named the previously unknown species Pebanista yacuruna in honor of a mythical aquatic people, known as the Yacuruna, believed to live in underwater cities throughout the Amazon basin.
20 mar 2024 · Paleontologists discovered a fossilized skull of a newly described species of giant freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon, which lived around 16 million years ago and is considered the largest-known river dolphin ever found.
4 wrz 2015 · A new species of extinct dolphin that dwelled in the ancient oceans more than 5.8 million years ago is shedding light on the mystery of how and when the planet's river dolphins adapted...
