Tutcetus rayanensis: Hunting and Swimming in the Ancient Ocean (IMAGE)

Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)

Tutcetus rayanensis: Hunting and Swimming in the Ancient Ocean

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Life reconstruction of two individuals of the extinct basilosaurid whale Tutcetus rayanensis, with the foreground individual preying on a nautilid cephalopod and another swimming in the background. Illustration by Ahmed Morsi.

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Hesham Sallam - Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center

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