The specimen, likely to be of the ancestors of modern whales, would have helped geologists assess the paleontological ...

The fossil is assumed to be of the now extinct Rodhocetus or Ambulocetus genera, ancestors of modern whales which once roamed the land before evolving into marine mammals. The theft is being ...

Ambulocetus natans or the “walking whale” was a 10 feet long mammal, with the body, snout and eyes of a crocodile. Image via Forbes. In the same era as Indohyus, another remarkable creature, ...