In 1990 a late Middle Eocene whale was described with complete
(though vestigial) hindlimbs. The whale, _Basilosaurus_ has a
paraxonic arrangement of digits - where the digits symmetrically
extend about a plane between digits III and IV. This is very
similar to the condition in mesonychid condylarths and paraxonic
artiodactylans.
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