Web Directory

» Basilosaurus
   Information on Basilosaurus isis which lived in the Eocene, the fossils of which have been found in Louisiana and Egypt.
   http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/factfiles/factfiles/basilosaurus.htm

» Cetartiodactyla: Autoceta
   Provides a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships and the characteristics of the porpoises, dolphins, toothed, sperm and baleen whales and the extinct taxa, Squalodontoidea, Squalodontidae and Rhabdosteidae.
   http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/520Cetartiodactyla/520.200.html

» Ojai Valley Whale Society
   A fisherman in Ojai, California recently found a 25 million year old intact baleen whale skeleton. Website describes efforts to exhume the skeleton in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Museum.
   http://www.ojaivalleywhalesociety.org/

» The Origin of Whales and the Power of Independent Evidence
   Article by Raymond Sutera examining the paleontological evidence that comes from studying the fossils of terrestrial mammals through more and more whale-like forms until the appearance of modern whales and the other evidence that supports this.
   http://www.talkorigins.org/features/whales/

» Whale Fossil Found in Chula Vista
   Account of the discovery and examination of a fossil baleen whale at a construction site in California in 1998.
   http://www.sdnhm.org/research/paleontology/whale.html