FIN-TASTIC CREATURES: Boffins Find Two New Prehistoric Dolphin Species - In Swiss Alps

Life restoration of the dolphins described in this study: Kentriodon in the foreground, in the background a squalodelphinid (left) and a physeterid (right) chasing a group of eurhinodelphinids. Note: Licensed photo. (Jaime Chirinos/Newsflash) Life restoration of the dolphins described in this study: Kentriodon in the foreground, in the background a squalodelphinid (left) and a physeterid (right) chasing a group of eurhinodelphinids. Note: Licensed photo. (Jaime Chirinos/Newsflash)
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24 May 2022
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Scientists in Switzerland have discovered two previously unknown dolphin species that inhabited the area of today’s landlocked mountainous country 20 million years ago. Palaeontologists at the University of Zurich said they used fragments of ear bones, teeth and vertebrae to determine the...