Herpetocetine (Cetacea: Mysticeti) dentaries from the Upper Miocene Santa Margarita Sandstone of Central California
Two fossil baleen whale (Mysticeti) dentaries from the Upper Miocene (10–12 Ma) Santa Margarita Sandstone of Central California preserve several distinct features similar to the enigmatic herpetocetine whale Herpetocetus. These features include an elongate coronoid process, a mandibular condyle with...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2011
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2pk1c7db |