Anatomy, feeding ecology, and ontogeny of a transitional baleen whale: a new genus and species of Eomysticetidae (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand
The Eocene history of cetacean evolution is now represented by the expansive fossil record of archaeocetes elucidating major morphofunctional shifts relating to the land to sea transition, but the change from archaeocetes to modern cetaceans is poorly established. New fossil material of the recently...
Main Authors: | Robert W. Boessenecker, R. Ewan Fordyce |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-09-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1129.pdf |
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