Researchers have named a bizarre, prehistoric species of whale discovered on a beach in Australia. Janjucetus dullardi \u201cmight have looked for all the world like some weird kind of mash-up between a whale, a seal, and a Pok\u00e9mon,\u201d according to Erich Fitzgerald, a senior paleontologist at Museums Victoria Research Institute who co-authored the paper on the discovery. Measuring less than ten feet and roaming the oceans around 25 million years ago, the underwater beasts would have boasted bulbous eyes the size of tennis balls, razor-sharp teeth, and a pointed snout. Fitzgerald adds they may also even have had \u201ctiny little nubbins of legs just projecting as stumps from the wall of the body.\u201d The first specimen, comprising a partial skull with ear bones and teeth, was found in 2019 by amateur fossil hunter Ross Dullard, a school principal after whom the species has now been named. Dullard says he plans to host a fossil party to celebrate the naming over the weekend. \u201cThat\u2019s taken my concentration for six years,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve had sleepless nights. I\u2019ve dreamt about this whale.\u201d<\/p>\n