The fossil skeleton dates back to 4 million years. It is rare to be found relatively intact skeleton instead of pieces
Scientists unearthed a huge fossilized skeleton at a construction site in Santa Cruz County, California. The fossil reportedly belongs to mysticete whale or whalebone whale, an ancestor of modern Baleen whale, which lived around 4 million years ago .The deposit is measured 25 feet long and is not in the form of fragments. Most of the parts are relatively intact including skull, much of jaw, shoulder blades and arm bones.

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