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Scientists have discovered a 43-million-year-old fossil of an ancient four-legged whale that was amphibious, meaning it could live on land and in the sea. The now-extinct species was named "Phiomectus Anubis" after Anubis, the Egyptian deity of death.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS By ArLuther Lee Strange species walked, and swam, the Earth 43 million years ago Scientists in Egypt say they have discovered the 43 million-year-old remains of a previously unknown whale that had four legs calling the species a possible missing link of.