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Exploration · Paleogene

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Starting point · 48 Ma

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Compare bodies, limbs and tails across the whale lineage.

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Interpretive reconstruction

These organisms are comparison subjects, not a chain of direct ancestors. Dates are observation anchors, not exact species durations.

  1. Ambulocetus natans

    48 Ma

    Ambulocetus natans

  2. Rodhocetus kasranii

    47 Ma

    Rodhocetus kasranii

  3. Dorudon atrox

    37 Ma

    Dorudon atrox

  4. Basilosaurus isis

    37 Ma

    Basilosaurus isis

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