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A new Early Oligocene toothed ‘baleen’ whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest

Archaic toothed mysticetes represent the evolutionary transition from raptorial to bulk filter feeding in baleen whales. Aetiocetids, in particular, preserve an intermediate morphological stage in which teeth functioned alongside a precursor of baleen, the hallmark of all modern mysticetes. To date,...

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Published in:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Marx, Felix G., Tsai, Cheng-Hsiu, Fordyce, R. Ewan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4807455/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27019734
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150476
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