Scientists have discovered a 43-million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt.
Scientists in Egypt have identified a new species of four-legged whale that is believed to have existed about 43 million years ago, the BBC reports.
CAIRO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea.
A semiaquatic whale that lived 43 million years ago was so fearsome, paleontologists have named it after Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death.
Under the umbrella of an MOU between Mansoura University of Egypt and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (USA), Ms. Sanaa El-Sayed (Vice Director of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology and Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geology, Mansoura University) was invited to give a seminar talk on the latest discoveries and activities of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP).
Scientific American Arabic Edition (For Science) and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank announced on Friday night, the official inauguration of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Palaeontology (MUVP) to be the first of its kind in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA).
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