Exhibit preparators Dan Erickson and John Klausmeyer make final adjustments to a complete, 50-foot-long skeleton of the
extinct whale /Basilosaurus isis/ on display at the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History.
Credit: Mandira Banerjee
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This skeleton of the extinct whale /Basilosaurus isis, /which lived 37 million years ago, is suspended from the ceiling of the second floor gallery of the
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History. It will be the centerpiece of an updated whale evolution exhibit scheduled to open in April 2011.
Credit: Mandira Banerjee