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Archaeoceti

[‚ärk·ē·ə′sē‚tī]

(paleontology)

The zeuglodonts, a suborder of aquatic Eocene mammals in the order Cetacea; the oldest known cetaceans.

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It also extends our knowledge of ancient whales, and completes the bigger paleoecological picture of the late Eocene's oceans of Egypt, said Voss.

Study reveals first direct evidence of Basilosaurus isis' diet

The property is nominated for its fossil values, which are centred on the fossils of ancient whales from the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, the Archaeoceti (or archaeocetes).

Wadi Hitan: Clues to whale evolution

Megalodon was quite a terror - it was 60ft long and the remains of ancient whales show where they were bitten in half by the massive shark.

MONSTERS MADE IN THE MIDLANDS

Scientists look for evidence of echolocation in ancient whales in the density of fossil bone, location of pits in the skull and upper jaw shape.

Fossilized skull hints at evolution of echolocation in toothed whales: underwater sonar may have originated 34 million years ago

They also found the remains of 24 ancient whales that swam in the region's waters 42 million years ago, including one belonging to an entirely new species.

Egypt's revolution may save neolithic site

Zalmout e-mailed a photo to Gingerich, an expert on early primates as well as ancient whales.

Fossil find puts face on last common ancestor of apes and monkeys

When author Sy Montgomery ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of the pink dolphins, she found ancient whales and people who lived among them.

Journey of the Pink Dolphins

Together these and other fossils display an unmistakable diversity among ancient whales. For Gould, who gushed freely over every satisfying detail, they represented as well the triumph of popular but genuine science over obstinate creationist ideology.

Exquisite complexity revisiting Stephen Jay Gould

While the passages on the ancient whales tend to drag a bit, the rest of Ihimaera's beautifully written story sparkles with life and will be hard for any reader, child or adult, to put down.

Ihimaera, Witi. The whale rider

Newly described fossils of ancient whales, including the unprecedented discovery of a pregnant female, were unearthed in the hinterlands of central Pakistan in 2000 and 2004.

Early whales gave birth on land: Fossils fill gaps in story of land-to-water transition

Looking a little like a wolf with hooves, mesonychians had an unusual set of teeth that resemble those of ancient whales. Unlike all other ungulates, which have flattened molars with cusps for grinding plants, whales and mesonychians have bladelike molars presumably useful for tearing meat.

The Whale's Tale

Among the changes, ancient whales lost their legs and pelvises and developed the characteristic fluked tail that propels these modern leviathans through the seas.