Search results
We did not find results for: Evolution of cetaceans.
Check spelling or type a new query.
Yahoo Web Search
- Evolution of cetaceans
Derivation of cetaceans from an artiodactyl precursor, and the adaptive radiation of cetacean species
The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and to have proceeded over a period of at least 15 million years. Cetaceans are fully aquatic marine mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla and branched off from other artiodactyls around 50 mya. Cetaceans are thought to have evolved during the Eoce... Wikipedia
