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Bizarre Mammalodontid Whales Inhabited Australian Waters 25 Million Years Ago

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Bizarre Mammalodontid Whales Inhabited Australian Waters 25 Million Years Ago
Janjucetus dullardi calf and mother swimming through the shallow seas off Victoria, 25 million years ago. Image credit: Ruairidh Duncan.

Tiny, toothed mammalodontids were among the strangest of all whales. If alive today, they would be as iconically Australian as kangaroos.

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