Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

An extraordinary fossil find along Victoria’s Surf Coast has revealed Janjucetus dullardi, a sharp-toothed, dolphin-sized predator that lived 26 million years ago. With large eyes, slicing teeth, and exceptional ear bone preservation,

The tiny predators were an early branch on the line that led to baleen whales, such as humpbacks, blues and minkes