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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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Autor Principal: Fitzgerald, Erich M. G.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en liña: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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