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Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth

The origin of baleen whales (Mysticeti), the largest animals on Earth, is closely tied to their signature filter-feeding strategy. Unlike their modern relatives, archaic whales possessed a well-developed, heterodont adult dentition. How these teeth were used, and what role their function and subsequ...

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Pubblicato in:Biol Lett
Autori principali: Hocking, David P., Marx, Felix G., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Evans, Alistair R.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582114/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855416
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0348
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