A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Marx, Felix G., Kohno, Naoki
• Other Authors: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, European Commission
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: Pisco; Rorqual; baleen whale; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160542; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160542; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.160542

The Pisco-Ica and Sacaco basins of southern Peru are renowned for their abundance of exceptionally preserved fossil cetaceans, several of which retain traces of soft tissue and occasionally even stomach contents. Previous work has mostly focused on odontocetes, with baleen whales currently being res...