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Ambulocetus natans
Subject: Ambulocetus natans
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Ambulocetus natans


Life reconstruction of Ambulocetus natans

Description
English: Life reconstruction of Ambulocetus natans
Date 14 September 2016
Source Own work
Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com http://spinops.blogspot.com/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambulocetus_new_NT_small.jpg

Ambulocetus (meaning "walking whale") was an early cetacean with short limbs and large feet used for swimming. Along with other members of Ambulocetidae, it is a transitional fossil that shows how whales evolved from land-living mammals. While its name stems from the historical hypothesis that it was capable of walking on land, more recent research suggests that it was fully aquatic like modern cetaceans. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Ambulocetidae.

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