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

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Prehistoric fossils have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species off the coast of Australia. Scientists said the species, Janjucetus dullardi, is one of the earliest cousins of modern whales but was not an ocean giant, researchers from Museums Victoria Research Institute said.