Morphology of the vertebral centra in dolphins from the southwestern South Atlantic: A 3D morphometric approach and functional implications

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Marchesi, María Constanza, Boy, Claudia Clementina, Dans, Silvana Laura, Mora, Matias Sebastian, Gonzalez-Jose, Rolando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Cephalorhynchus; Lagenorhynchus; 3D geometric morphometrics; Southern Hemisphere; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Austral; Marchesi; Lagenorhynchus cruciger
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/122243

In dolphins, centrum shape is one of the features that allows determination of stable and flexible regions in the vertebral column. The Commerson's (Cephalorhynchus commersonii; n = 37), Peale's (Lagenorhynchus australis; n = 24), dusky (Lagenorhynchus obscurus; n = 29), and hourglass dolp...