[AndrewC]

Your source for this? If it's a replica, it's damned realistic. Note also that a replica is not the same as a conjectural reconstruction.

Yes, it is very good. That is why I tracked down the source document which is Introduction to the Cetacea. I also agree that a replica is quite different than a conjectural reconstruction.

Pakicetus, shown above right, is a Middle Eocene archaeocete from the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan; it is currently the earliest known well-preserved cetacean, and the archaeocete features are clearly visible in this replica skull from UCMP's collections.

[VadeRetro]

OK, I should read more carefully, or remember more, or something. It's a replica of an original somewhere.

Do you have a larger point or did you just want to pick another nit?