article_snippet: The whale fossil was initially mistakenly identified as a turtle fossil but later identified as a whale in 1975.
article_snippet: He named The whale fossil Turkana ziphiid - a type of beaked whale that is related to modern marine mammals like the Baird and Cuvier's beaked whales - and estimated The whale fossil had been 22ft (6.7 metres) long.
article_snippet: Ziphiids are among the deepest diving mammals on the planet, plunging to nearly 10,000 feet (3,050 metres) in the ocean to feed on squid.
article_snippet: The whale fossil was discovered nearly 459 miles (740km)
article_snippet: Palaeontologists found the remains of fish, crocodiles, turtles and mammals including primates, suggesting the area was dominated by a river and surrounded by a forest habitat.
article_snippet: the whale fossil was originally recorded as a large turtle in expedition log books but later the whale fossil was found to be a whale.
article_snippet: Scientists also discovered fossils of many other species including crocodiles and primates at the same site .
article_snippet: Many of the known beaked whale fossils are dredged by fishermen from the bottom of the sea.'
article_snippet: The whale fossil  belongs to an ancestor of modern beaked whales like the Blainville's beaked whale pictured .
highlights_snippet: The marine mammal's remains were unearthed 459 miles from the ocean .
  