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New fossil seal species rewrites history – Phys.org
The discovery, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, radically changes scientists’ understanding of how seal species evolved around the world….
The discovery, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, radically changes scientists’ understanding of how seal species evolved around the world.
It came after researchers examined seven preserved fossil specimens, including a complete skull, found by local fossil hunters on south Taranaki beaches in New Zealand between 2009 and 2016.
The new species is named Eomonachus belegaerensis, (meaning ‘dawn monk seal from Belegaer’) after the sea of Belegaer, which lies west of Middle…
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