‘Weird mash-up of whale, seal and Pokémon’: New ‘nightmare Muppet’ fossil sheds light on evolution; tiny predator had shark-like jaws, bulging eyes – The Times of India
Long before whales became the gentle giants of today, some of their ancestors were small, fierce, and strange. A chance find on an Australian beach has revealed a rare, entirely new species, Janjucetus dullardi, that could unlock new clues about whale evolution.The 25-million-year-old juvenile specimen, small enough to fit in a single bed, was identified…