Figure 21 in Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae ...

• Main Authors: El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A., Boessenecker, Robert W.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Cetacea awaiting allocation; Herpetocetus; Fossa; Rotunda; baleen whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5330281; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5330281

Figure 21. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov., SDNHM 38689, right referred petrosal. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, medial view; E, anterior view; F, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, anterior; APP, anterior process of the petrosal; APTB, anterior pedicle for attachment of the tympanic bulla; D, dorsal; EAM, external auditory meatus; ELF, endolymphatic foramen; FNC, endocranial opening of the facial nerve canal; FR, fenestra rotunda; FV, fenestra vestibuli; LP, lateral projection of the anterior process; M, medial; P, posterior; PC, pars cochlearis; PLF, perilymphatic foramen; SMF, stylomastoid fossa; V, ventral. Scale bar = 1 cm. ... : Published as part of El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A. & Boessenecker, Robert W., 2014, Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae, pp. 400-466 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (2) on page 430, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12108, http://zenodo.org/record/5304469 ...