A dolphin that lived in the Amazon 16 million years ago grew to a length of 3.5 metres – larger than any other freshwater ...
says Aldo Benites-Palomino at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. The team saw the animal’s fossilised skull poking out of a river embankment and knew right away it was a dolphin.
Now extinct, Pebanista yacuruna is the largest known freshwater dolphin species and lived 16 million years ago.
Paleontologists announced the discovery of the world's largest known river dolphin, that experts say lived millions of years ...
A dolphin that swam the waters of the Amazon basin 16 million years ago is a contender for the largest freshwater toothed ...
World’s largest dolphin fossil have been uncovered in the Peruvian Amazon, showing the mammal measured up to 11 feet long.In the Peruvian Amazon, the remains of an ancient species ...
ZURICH, Switzerland (WJW ... Punxsutawney Phil is a dad to twins Scientists say the giant dolphin went extinct as habitats started shifting in the Amazon about 10 million years ago.
A newly identified ancient skull found in Peru has revealed an extinct giant called Pebanista yacuruna that offers insight ...