Ancient whale remains found near Santa Cruz

Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 17:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(AP) -- The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean 5 million years ago have been discovered on a California beach. Crews removing a 1,000-pound slab of sandstone off the Santa Cruz County beach Wednesday discovered the remains and called in paleontologists.

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