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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Gabriella Sotelo

Fossil of 41m-year-old miniature whale discovered in Egypt

Drawing of a whale in deep blue water
A visualisation of how the extinct basilosaurid whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, might have looked 41m years ago. Illustration: Ahmed Morsi/Mansoura University vertebrate palaeontology centre

A pint-size whale that lived around 41m years ago has been discovered by palaeontologists in Egypt, who say the species may have lived a short, speedy life.

Researchers say they unearthed the fossils near Wadi el-Hitan in Egypt, a site where many fossils of ancient whales can be found. At first, they said, it was unclear what they had found.

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