DOKU-Serie: „Auf den Spuren der Evolution – Wale Vom Landtier zum Meeresräuber“

(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL | 2010)

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Vor 50 Millionen Jahren begann die Entwicklung eines kleinen Landsäuger, in einem millionen jahrelangen Prozess, zum gewaltigen Meeresriesen.

Vom Pakicetus über den Ambulocetus und Basilosaurus bis zu den heutigen Walen wird deren Entwicklung dargestellt.

Eine Dokumentation in 5 Teilen.

The Evolutionary History of Whales – Cetacean Evolution Part 1 & 2

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The millions of years that led to the modern-day assemblage of whale, dolphin, and porpoise species encapsulates a truly incredible period of mammalian evolution. In this video, we will be reviewing what is currently known about the evolutionary history of Cetacea, as well as examining the relationships this clade has to other, closely related mammals.

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Here we take a look at all of the living families that make up the two main groups of cetaceans – the toothed whales and the baleen whales.

The Evolution of Cetaceans

(Illustrations by Satoshi Kawasaki)

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0:00 Phylogenetic tree
0:55 Raoellidae
1:16 Pakicetidae
1:36 Ambulocetidae
2:09 Remingtonocetidae
2:50 Protocetidae
3:51 Basilosauridae
4:42 Odontoceti
5:04 Platanistoidea
6:24 Ziphioidea
6:47 Physeteroidea
7:57 Odobenocetopsidae
8:20 Monodontidae
9:12 Phocoenidae
9:48 Delphinidae
11:44 Mysticeti
13:57 Outro