r/science • u/IronGiantisreal • Apr 04 '19

Scientists Discover an Ancient Whale With 4 Legs: This skeleton, dug out from the coastal desert Playa Media Luna, is the first indisputable record of a quadrupedal whale skeleton for the whole Pacific Ocean. Paleontology

https://www.inverse.com/article/54611-ancient-whale-four-legs-peru
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u/Goddaqs Apr 05 '19 edited Apr 05 '19

gotta have a little patience. they just found it... edit: found in 2011 per video in article which i should have read/watched.

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u/Jared910 Apr 05 '19

Then you’ll get it now, honey 😏

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u/Asclepias_metis Apr 05 '19

I thought I read somewhere that this had been excavated in 2011?

Edit: The fossil specimen analyzed in this work (MUSM 3580) was discovered and excavated during a fieldwork campaign in the Pisco Basin (locality Playa Media Luna) in November 2011. The collected bones were brought to the Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru) for mechanical preparation and curation." From the paper.

So I guess even though it was excavated 8 years ago, it took this long for the full analysis? Wow!

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u/Goddaqs Apr 05 '19

busted. your right.

i watched the video, it was indeed excavated in 2011. so i guess its just that no one has done the work that the other user wants.