Scientists find fossilized skull of 16-million-year-old river dolphin species in Peru
Researchers from the University of Zurich have found a 16-million-year-old fossilized skull belonging to a giant dolphin species in the Amazon River in Peru, CE Report quotes Anadolu Agency
According to a report published by The Guardian, it was determined that the closest relative of the extinct dolphin species lived 10,000 kilometers (6,213 miles) away in Southeast Asia.
Aldo Benites-Palomino, the lead author of the research, said the fossil belonged to the Platanistoidea family which lived between 24 million and 16 million years ago and was up to 3.5 meters long.
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