過渡化石
鯨豚類等海洋哺乳動物是演化自陸生的哺乳動物。巴基鯨是已滅絕的一科偶蹄目哺乳動物，也是最早的鯨魚之一，其姐妹群是印多霍斯兽。巴基鯨存活於約5200萬年前的始新世，第一個化石於1979年發現於北巴基斯坦，與特提斯洋不遠。利用特化的骨頭取代鼓膜，巴基鯨有在水中的聽覺，但是無法辨別聲音的方位。
未确认鲸鱼
The high-finned sperm whale, or the high-finned cachalot, is an alleged variant or relative of the known sperm whale, "Physeter macrocephalus", with an unusually tall dorsal fin from the North Atlantic. The physician Sir Robert Sibbald, in 1687, described an alleged stranded female individual on Orkney, saying its dorsal fins was similar to a "mizzen mast", and the whale, based on Sibbald's account, was described as "P. tursio". However, naturalist Georges Cuvier disregarded Sibbald's claim as a bad description of the carcass, as well as dismissing the name "P. tursio". Another alleged sighting was off the Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada on September 27, 1946, where the creature was apparently trapped there for two days. Its length was estimated to be between .