In case anyone here in talk.origins is interested, there has been a
discussion of a huge basilosaurid whale in sci.bio.paleontology
since August 3:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.bio.paleontology/c/WleZbPa7cR4
Re: Big Eocene Whale
This whale is believed by some to the heaviest ever discovered,
even outdoing the blue whale, although the latter is longer.
The reason is the extremely dense bone mass of the basilosaurid.
On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 7:10:07 PM UTC-4, RonO wrote:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04986-w
The whale described here, in contrast, is believed to be the smallest basilosaurid
ever discovered. This is not expected to be very interesting to the
general public, and this may account for the article to be Open Access.
OTOH the article about the one we've been discussing in sci.bio.paleontology is paywalled.
However, I have access through my university, and have quoted from it on that thread.
If anyone reading this joins us and wants to know more, I'll gladly help.
Peter Nyikos
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics -- standard disclaimer--
University of South Carolina
http://people.math.sc.edu/nyikos
PS Ron O's priorities, on the other hand, are obviously elsewhere:
More whale fossils for IDiots to lie to themselves about. This one
isn't a missing link, just a representative of an extinct lineage.
Ron Okimoto
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