Gigantic mysticete predators roamed the Eocene Southern Ocean

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Marx, Felix G., Buono, Mónica Romina, Evans, Alistair R., Fordyce, Robert Ewan, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Hocking, David P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; BALEEN WHALE; LLANOCETUS; PALAEOGENE; RAPTORIAL; SUCTION FEEDING; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentino; isla Marambio; Marambio; Mónica; Seymour; Seymour Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; baleen whale; baleen whales; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/110008

Modern baleen whales (Mysticeti), the largest animals on Earth, arose from small ancestors around 36.4 million years ago (Ma). True gigantism is thought to have arisen late in mysticete history, with species exceeding 10 m unknown prior to 8 Ma. This view is challenged by new fossils from Seymour Is...