Egyptian scientists have discovered a 43-million-year-old fossil of a four-legged whale that could help solve the evolution of whales. living on land and in water According to Reuters

Research team from the Institute of Paleontology Mansoura University (MUVP) in Egypt today released a statement on the discovery of fossils of the Protocetidae whales, a group of whales that went extinct during a past evolutionary transition, at the Fayum basin. Depression) in the desert of western Egypt.

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The 43-million-year-old fossil whale, named Phiomicetus Anubis, was a four-legged whale, able to walk on land and swim, the researchers said, with a body length of 3 meters and a weight of about 600. kilograms and is expected to be an elite predator. When analyzed from its skull, it resembles the earliest Protocetic whales found in Africa.

Abdullah Gohar, a research team from MUVP who published the study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, said Phyomycetus Anubis is a new species of whale. and is an important discovery for the study of primitive organisms in Egypt and Africa. which will reveal new information About the evolution of whales from land-based life to full-scale marine life.