On the Olfactory Anatomy in an Archaic Whale (Protocetidae, Cetacea) and the Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Balaenopteridae, Cetacea)

• Published in: The Anatomical Record
• Main Authors: Godfrey, Stephen J., Geisler, Jonathan, Fitzgerald, Erich M.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Nares; Recess; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; minke whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.22637; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Far.22637; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.22637

Abstract The structure of the olfactory apparatus is not well known in both archaic and extant whales; the result of poor preservation in most fossils and locational isolation deep within the skulls in both fossil and Recent taxa. Several specimens now shed additional light on the subject. A partial...