Juvenile morphology: A clue to the origins of the most mysterious of mysticetes?

• Published in: Naturwissenschaften
• Main Authors: Marx, Felix, Buono, Mónica Romina, Fordyce, R. Ewan, Boessenecker, Robert W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: BALEEN WHALE; CAPEREA; CETACEA; EVOLUTION; MYSTICETI; PYGMY RIGHT WHALE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Mónica; baleen whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/1603

The origin of the pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) has long been one of the most vexing conundrums of marine mammal evolution. The extremely disparate skeletal structure ofCapereaand a patchy fossil record have left morphology and molecules at odds: whereas most morphological analyses allyCaper...