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Archaeocete-like jaws in a baleen whale
The titanic baleen whales (Cetacea, Mysticeti) have a bizarre skull morphology, including an elastic mandibular symphysis, which permits dynamic oral cavity expansion during bulk feeding. How this key innovation evolved from the sutured symphysis of archaeocetes has remained unclear. Now, mandibles...
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| Language: | Inglês |
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The Royal Society
2012
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259978/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849306 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0690 |
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