Evolution of plants and animals

By Jocel
  • 54 BCE

    The first stage

    Sinonyx (meaning"Chinese claw") is a an extinct superficially wolf-like ungulate Mesonychid mammal from the late Paleocene of China that lived about 54 million years ago. They are considered relatives of whales. www.talkorigins.org/features/whales
  • The third stage
    50 BCE

    The third stage

    Ambulocetus (meaning"walking whale") is an early cetacean like mammal that lived 50 million years ago. It gets its name from it's short limbs and large feet that are used for swimming
  • The second stage
    48 BCE

    The second stage

    Indohyus is a genus of extinct digitigrade artiodactyl that lived 48 million years ago and is known from Eocene fossils from Asia and is an ancestor of whales https://en.wikipedia .org/
  • The fourth stage
    35 BCE

    The fourth stage

    Basilosaurus (meaning"king lizard") is a prehistoric cetacean that live in the Late Eocene Period, 40 to 35 million years ago. It is a whale like cetacean that swam in the ocean to catch fish
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The fifth stage
    33 BCE

    The fifth stage

    Dorudon (meaning"Spear tooth") is an genus of extinct basilosaurid ancient whales that lived alongside Basilosaurus, 40.4 to 33.9 million years ago. They were about 5 meters long and fed on small fish and mollusks
    https://en.wikipedia.org
  • The final stage

    The final stage

    Humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) is a species of baleen whale that had a distintictive shape, long pectoral fins and a knobbly head