12/21/2017
Scientists Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Dolphin In Ecuador A well-preserved juvenile skull recently discovered in Ecuador belongs to a new species of ancient dolphin, which researchers are calling Urkudelphis chawpipacha. The fossil was discovered near Montañita in Santa Elena ...
A well-preserved juvenile skull recently discovered in Ecuador belongs to a new species of ancient dolphin, which researchers are calling Urkudelphis chawpip...
The dolphin had a bone crest front and centre on its face, above the eye sockets, and shorter and wider bones located near the top of the head as well as other differences to the bone structure of the cranium. The researchers believe the creature may be the ancestor to modern-day river dolphins.
The fossilized skull of a now extinct species of ancient dolphin was recently found in Ecuador. The fossil is likely from the Oligocene epoch, making its between 33.9 to 23 million years old. And could yield clues to when exactly the Isthmus of Panama, which joins North and South America, first arose.
12/20/2017
A new small probable Oligocene dolphin from Ecuador represents a new genus and species, Urkudelphis chawpipacha. The new taxon is known from a single juvenile skull and earbones; it differs from other archaic dolphins in features including widely exposed frontals at the vertex, a dorsally wide ...
The authors of a recent PLOS ONE study describe a small dolphin skull discovered in Ecuador, which they identify as belonging to a new species based on its facial features. Previous dating of the site where it was found allowed the researchers to estimate the dolphin may have lived 24 to 26 million ...
A new dolphin species likely from the Oligocene was discovered and described in Ecuador, according to a study published December 20, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Yoshihiro Tanaka from the Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan, and colleagues. Many marine fossils described ...
Researchers have discovered a fossilised skull in Ecuador belonging to an ancient species of dolphin, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS-ONE. While the exact age of the remains is unclear, the animal is thought to have lived during the Oligocene period, which extends ...
The fossilised remains of a new species of dolphin have been discovered in Ecuador, which date back more than 30 million years ago. The dolphin is one of the few species to be found around the equator, with most dolphin fossils coming from more temperate regions. Researchers believe the creature, ...