Janjucetus hunderi Variant:Primed Earth's climate experienced several cycles

Earth's climate experienced several cycles of cooling and warming

although it may also have hunted small terrestrial prey

Several species are known within this genus

Scale  1:35 - 57mm

Janjucetus hunderi Variant:Primed Earth's climate experienced several cyclesJanjucetus hunderi was an archaeocete cetacean from the Early Oligocene, dated to approximately 25 million years ago, whose remains come from southeastern Australia. It belongs to a basal lineage within Mysticeti (baleen whales), but retains a complete set of functional teeth, making it a key taxon for understanding the evolutionary transition from toothed cetaceans to toothless filter feeders. It was a relatively small whale compared to modern baleen