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    Scientists discover ancient giant dolphin in depths of Amazon

    by Amelia Neath Mar 25, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: Jamie Bran

    Scientists have discovered the 16-million-year-old remains of the “largest river dolphin ever found” after unearthing a huge fossilised skull in the Amazon.

    Named Pebanista yacuruna, researchers at the University of Zurich found the new species in the Peruvian Amazon region.

    They state in a new scientific paper that the Pebanista would have been measured between 3 and 3.5 metres, making it the largest freshwater dolphin to

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