A couple of weeks ago a volunteer with the Corangamite EstuaryWatch program got quite the surprise when she came across the great, great, great, great......... grandparent of modern day whales. Right here on the Surf Coast of Victoria!
A team of paleontologists lead by Dr Erich Fitzgerald from Museums Victoria were exploring prehistoric whale fossils between 12 and 28 million years old!
You can find out lots more about this amazing work on July 26th 2017 when Dr Erich Fitzgerald speaks at the Corangamite CMA's upcoming Coastal Research & Development Forum.
In the meantime, for more information on this amazing work see the following links:
Links to whale fossils and whale evolution:
museumsvictoria.com.au/website/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/600-million-years/
Links to Museums Victoria Discovery Centre:
museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/contact-us/
Links to Dr Fitzgerald:
Twitter: @emgfitzgerald
Web: museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/sciences/palaeontology/people/erich-fitzgerald/
Photo credits: John Bloomfield and EstuaryWatch Victoria.
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