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Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities

Baleen whales (mysticetes) lack teeth as adults and instead filter feed using keratinous baleen plates. They do not echolocate with ultrasonic frequencies like toothed whales but are instead known for infrasonic acoustics. Both baleen and infrasonic hearing are separately considered key innovations...

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Pubblicato in:R Soc Open Sci
Autori principali: Shipps, B. K., Peredo, Carlos Mauricio, Pyenson, Nicholas D.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689636/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417706
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182168
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