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The most conspicuous fossils are the skeletons and bones of whales and sea cows, and over several hundred fossils of these have been documented. [9] Wādī al-Ḥītān (Whale Valley) is unusual in having such a large concentration of fossil whales (1500 marine vertebrate fossil skeletons) in a relatively small area.
Researchers in Egypt unearthed one of the smallest early whale species. The basilosaurid is the oldest aquatic whale found in Africa, the new study said. Fossil discovery causes monumental shift ...
Fayoum's whale or Zeuglodon or more precisely the Basilosaurus in Fayoum's Wadi Zeuglodon (or wadi al-Hitan, Whale Valley) Another whale in Wadi Zeuglodon is the Dorudon; Primitive whale from Fayum Depression Phiomicetus; Arsinoitherium, a rhinoceros like animal with two horns Arsinoitherium zitteli; Arsinoitherium andrewsi; Elephants in Fayoum
Plan of a whale skeleton found in the Gehannam Formation in Wadi el-Hitan Site L-41 of the Gebel-Qatrani Formation. The fossils come from several geological Formations. Plant fossils only occur in large numbers in the Gebel-Qatrani Formation. On the other hand, invertebrates can be found in almost all rock units, while vertebrates are more ...
The Qasr el Sagha Formation is a geological formation located in Egypt. [1] The formation is part of the Wadi El Hitan World Heritage Site.The Qasr el Sagha Formation overlies the Birket Qarun Formation and is overlain by the Gebel Qatrani Formation.
Scientists have identified a new giant horned dinosaur species that roamed across modern-day North Africa about 95 million years ago, despite its fossilised remains being destroyed during the ...
In the seas millions of years ago, whales were regularly hunted.Megalodons, bus-sized sharks, are believed to have been dominant ocean predators some 20 to 3.6 million years ago. The now extinct ...
Fossils conclusively identified as L. melvillei have been found in Peru and Chile. However, additional isolated large sperm whale teeth from other locations including California, Australia, Argentina, South Africa and the Netherlands have been identified as a species or possible close relative of Livyatan.