The find was discovered on the Stallworth family’s land in Monroe County, after digging up fossilized bones out of a hillside.
In Alabama, high school student Lindsey Stallworth, along with teacher – evolutionary biologist Andrew Gentry, stumbled upon the fossilized remains of a whale that lived on Earth about 34 million years ago. This is reported by Live Science.
Scientists believe the remains belong to a predatory whale of the Eocene era. At that moment, the sea level was higher, and the state itself was under a shallow ocean.
The find was found on the Stallworth family’s land plot in Monroe County, digging up fossilized bones out of a hillside.
Details about the bones were helped by paleontologist James Parem from the University of California at Fullerton.
“The geology of the excavation area was dated earlier, and therefore the researchers immediately determined the age of the fossil. The species of whales have not yet been established, because this zone in the Eocene was a refuge for many primitive whale. , particularly Basilosaurus cetoides. This aggressive marine mammal plowed the Earth’s oceans 30-40 million years ago and could reach 18 meters in length. However, scientists have not yet to guess who exactly belongs to the ancient skull, it can turn Researchers were able to find the remains of a species of the Basilosauridae family that was previously unknown to science, “scientists added.
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Source: korrespondent
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