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The Origin of Whales and the Power of Independent Evidence - http://www.talkorigins.org/features/whales/
Article by Raymond Sutera examining the paleontological evidence that comes from studying the fossils of terrestrial mammals through more and more whale-like forms until the appearance of modern whales and the other evidence that supports this. |
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Whale Fossil Found in Chula Vista - http://www.sdnhm.org/research/paleontology/whale.html
Account of the discovery and examination of a fossil baleen whale at a construction site in California in 1998. |
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Cetartiodactyla: Autoceta - http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/520Cetartiodactyla/520.200.html
Provides a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships and the characteristics of the porpoises, dolphins, toothed, sperm and baleen whales and the extinct taxa, Squalodontoidea, Squalodontidae and Rhabdosteidae. |
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Basilosaurus - http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/factfiles/factfiles/basilosaurus.htm
Information on Basilosaurus isis which lived in the Eocene, the fossils of which have been found in Louisiana and Egypt. |
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Ojai Valley Whale Society - http://www.ojaivalleywhalesociety.org/
A fisherman in Ojai, California recently found a 25 million year old intact baleen whale skeleton. Website describes efforts to exhume the skeleton in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Museum. |