The skull of the ancient dolphin Nihohae matakoi, which had jutting out teeth at the end of its snout, on a black background A bizarre predatory dolphin that lived 25 million years ago and had long, ...

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A new species of ancient dolphin has been discovered and it boasts "unique" tusk-like teeth that indicate the existence of a feeding strategy in marine mammals that was previously unknown to science, ...

Nihohae matakoi swam in waters off the coast of New Zealand around 25 million years ago. Daniel Verhelst Scientists have discovered a new species of prehistoric dolphin with strange, tusk-like teeth ...

While the average person has 32 teeth, some species of dolphin possess as many as 240. Why so many? Not all species are quite so lucky – Risso’s dolphins only have four to 14 in their lower jaw.

“Some of these ancient, very early dolphins still retained teeth. They were more like their ancestors’ teeth, that are more complex in terms of their shape and features.” Now there may be even weirder ...

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Researchers believe the creature, named Nihohae matakoi, used its horizontal teeth to thrash at prey before gulping it down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...