{"title":"Cetacean Fossils: Prehistoric Whales and Dolphins","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eCetaceans are a group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Their fossil record provides fascinating insight into the evolution of marine mammals and the ancient oceans they inhabited. Fossil cetaceans are found in marine deposits around the world and often date from the Eocene through the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, roughly 56 to 2.6 million years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1324\"\u003eAmong the most commonly discovered cetacean fossils are tympanic bullae (ear bones), vertebrae, and rib fragments. 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This genuine cetacean fossil dates to the Miocene epoch, when a wide variety of prehistoric whales inhabited the ancient North Sea basin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"1219\"\u003eThe tympanic bulla is a dense ear bone that formed part of the whale’s hearing system and is one of the most commonly preserved whale fossils due to its robust structure. 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