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Les ancêtres des cétacés A droite "Ambulocetus natans", le "cétacé marcheur qui nage" est la forme intermédiaire entre les mammifères terrestres et les cétacés actuels. A gauche, "Cynthiacetus", un cétacé totalement inféodé au milieu aquatique, avec des pattes arrières atrophiées. Exposition "Incroyables Cétacées" Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris)

English: Archaeocete skeletons. On the right is Ambulocetus natans ("walking whale that swim"), on the left is Cynthiacetus, a fully aquatic cetacean with small hind limbs. Image from the exhibit "Incroyables Cétacées" in Grande Galerie de l'Evolution at National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.
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Camera location48° 50′ 31.29″ N, 2° 21′ 23.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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