IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews
During the last few years several papers have been published which throw much light on the early history of the whales, a matter about which there have been great doubt and difference of opinion. Two important points appear to have been settled: first, that the Zeuglodonts ( Archœceti ) are descende...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0016756800121934 2024-03-03T08:43:00+00:00 IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews Andrews, C. W. 1908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800121934 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800121934 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Geological Magazine volume 5, issue 5, page 209-212 ISSN 0016-7568 1469-5081 Geology journal-article 1908 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800121934 2024-02-08T08:41:09Z During the last few years several papers have been published which throw much light on the early history of the whales, a matter about which there have been great doubt and difference of opinion. Two important points appear to have been settled: first, that the Zeuglodonts ( Archœceti ) are descended from the primitive group of land-carnivores, usually known as the Creodonta, and, second, that the Toothed-whales ( Odontoceti ) are really derived from the Zeuglodonts. On this second point there may still be room for doubt, although in the opinion of the present writer the evidence brought forward by Professor Abel in several papers, is at least sufficient to demonstrate the extreme probability that the Archæoceti are really ancestors of the Odontoceti. The origin of the Baleen-whales ( Mystacoceti ) is still obscure, but the fact that numerous true teeth are found in the unborn young, points to the probability that these animals also may have originated from the same, or a closely related stock as that from which the Odontoceti have descended. Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whales toothed whales Cambridge University Press Geological Magazine 5 5 209 212 |
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During the last few years several papers have been published which throw much light on the early history of the whales, a matter about which there have been great doubt and difference of opinion. Two important points appear to have been settled: first, that the Zeuglodonts ( Archœceti ) are descended from the primitive group of land-carnivores, usually known as the Creodonta, and, second, that the Toothed-whales ( Odontoceti ) are really derived from the Zeuglodonts. On this second point there may still be room for doubt, although in the opinion of the present writer the evidence brought forward by Professor Abel in several papers, is at least sufficient to demonstrate the extreme probability that the Archæoceti are really ancestors of the Odontoceti. The origin of the Baleen-whales ( Mystacoceti ) is still obscure, but the fact that numerous true teeth are found in the unborn young, points to the probability that these animals also may have originated from the same, or a closely related stock as that from which the Odontoceti have descended. |
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IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews |
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IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews |
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IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews |
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IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews |
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IV.—Note on a Model of the Skull and Mandible of Prozeuglodon atrox , Andrews |
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