The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led a study describing *Phiomicetus anubis*, a new 43-million-year-old amphibious whale discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert.

Based on a remarkably preserved partial skeleton,

the study provides important insights into the early evolution of whales, revealing a powerful predator that lived during a critical stage in the transition from land-dwelling ancestors to fully aquatic whales.

cetacean evolution. Proc. R. Soc. B 20211368. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1368