Fossil whale feet: a step in evolution. (whale remains found with legs and feet) From: Science News | Date: January 15, 1994| Author: Monastersky, Richard | COPYRIGHT 1994 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Paleontologists digging in Pakistan have discovered the 50-million-year-old remains of a whale with legs and feet - a missing link in the evolutionary chain connecting aquatic cetaceans with their landlubbing forebears.

The new-found fossil, called Ambu1ocetus natarts, is the first known ancient whale with large, functional hind limbs, says J.G.M. Thewissen of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown. He and his colleagues report their find in ...