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The figure shows a global map projection denoting whale fossil finding by colored dots. Each dot is assigned a color based on its region locality. Regions are classified into nine groups as follows: 1) Western coast of Central and North America, 2) Western Coast of Southern America, 3) Eastern Coast of North America, 4) Eastern Coast of South America, 5) Western Coast of Europe and North Africa, 6) Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asian Near East, 7) Eastern Coast of Asia, 8) Oceania, 9) Indian Ocean and Austral Africa. The figure visually identifies that most samples are present in regions of North America (regions one and three), Europe (regions five and six) and Japan/Eastern Asia (region seven); or simply put the Northern Hemisphere.

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