A bizarre new toothed mysticete (Cetacea) from Australia and the early evolution of baleen whales
Extant baleen whales (Cetacea, Mysticeti) are all large filter-feeding marine mammals that lack teeth as adults, instead possessing baleen, and feed on small marine animals in bulk. The early evolution of these superlative mammals, and their unique feeding method, has hitherto remained enigmatic. He...
Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
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The Royal Society
2006
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1639514 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015308 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3664 |