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Description: Skeletons of the Eocene archaeocete whales Dorudon atrox and Maiacetus inuus in swimming pose. (A, B)– Dorudon atrox (5.0 m; 36.5 Ma) based on UM 101222 and 101215 [11] in lateral and dorsal views, respectively. (C, D)– Maiacetus inuus (2.6 m; 47.5 Ma) based on male specimen GSP-UM 3551 in lateral and dorsal views, respectively.
Title: Dorudon atrox and Maiacetus inuus
Credit: Gingerich, Philip D.; ul-Haq, Munir; von Koenigswald, Wighart; Sanders, William J.; Smith, B. Holly; Zalmout, Iyad S. (2009). "New Protocetid Whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on Land, Precocial Development, and Sexual Dimorphism". PLoS One 4 (2): e4366.
Author: Illustrations by Doug Boyer (A, B) and Bonnie Miljour (C, D).
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