Whales are marine mammals that are descended from 4-legged land creatures.
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Pakicetus
- Fossils are dated back to 48-52.5 mya
- The shape of their teeth shoes that they would have eaten fish
- Similar mouth and tail shape to a whale
Pakicetus
Rodhocetus kasrani
- Lived 46-47 million years ago
- Similar mouth shape to the whale
Rodhocetus kasrani
Dorudon atrox
- Lived 40 to 34 million years ago
- Their flippers and dorsal fin are similar to that of a whales
Dorudon atrox
Topic 4
- These are the largest mammal alive today!
- Their closest land mammal relative is the hippopotamus
Balaenoptera musculus