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    Semi-aquatic whale fossil found 43 million years ago in Egypt

    • Last Update: 2021-09-03
    • Source: Internet
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    Xinhua News Agency, Cairo, August 25 (Reporter Wu Danni) According to reports from the Egyptian Middle East News Agency and the Pyramid Online website on the 25th, the Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad announced on the same day that an Egyptian team found a species of living in Fayoum Province.


    Fuad said in the statement that the fossil found belongs to a species that can walk on land and swim in water, has a powerful jaw muscle, and prey on other animals for a living


    According to the report, the discovery was made in collaboration with the Egyptian Whale Valley paleontological site research team, the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the Egyptian Mansoura University


    The "Whale Valley" in Fayoum Province, Egypt is an important discovery and exhibition site of ancient cetaceans.


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