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Janjucetus hunderi is an extinct whale from the Oligocene, 25 million years ago. It lacked a baleen system & instead had sharp teeth for ripping apart prey. At 3.5 metres long, it was about the same size a bottlenose dolphin.

(Credit: Gogosardina)

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2018-09-28

“Jewels For My Baleen” By 2015, miniature painting, watercolor, ink and pastel, framed, 4 5/8" x 3 1/8", archival paper, $300. DM to purchase, on display now at today!

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2018-08-22

Baleen whales are known for their large size, but in the past some were relatively small. Here's the Oligocene baleen whale Fucaia goedertorum, its skull and mandibles are not much larger than the extant Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

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2018-08-04