Cetacean terrestrial ancestor
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Cetacean terrestrial ancestor
01/02/2008 | Elhuyar
The fossils of an artiodactyl mammal discovered in Kaxmir in India have been studied by the University of Northeast Ohio and have concluded that it was a terrestrial ancestor of cetaceans. Among the animals known, the fossil had an exclusive characteristic of cetaceans: in the middle ear it had a thick bone covering (called "engum"). This characteristic associates the two animal groups. It was like a small deer and the teeth indicate that it ate dried plants. Scientists concluded that it entered the water to escape predators.
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