Simplified anatomical sketches.

• Main Authors: Giulia Bosio (842632), Alberto Collareta (744357), Claudio Di Celma (537125), Olivier Lambert (25010), Felix G. Marx (3189630), Christian de Muizon (384569), Anna Gioncada (744356), Karen Gariboldi (744354), Elisa Malinverno (744355), Rafael Varas Malca (11140946), Mario Urbina (744360), Giovanni Bianucci (686290)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Marine Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; taphonomic processes; Fossil-Lagerst; taxonomic distribution; preservation characterising; scour-induced self-burial; marine vertebrates; Pisco vertebrates; sedimentation rates; attendant carbonate concretions; 890 marine; Ica Desert; fossil; tissue preservation; formation; Pisco Formation; shark teeth; taphonomic data; observations range; mineralisation processes; abundance; favourable factors; carbonate mineral precipitation; Miocene Pisco Formation; novel mechanism; Pisco; baleen whale; toothed whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254395.g003

Schematic skeletons of a seal (Carnivora: Pinnipedia), a toothed whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti) and a baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti) showing the main anatomical districts (cranium, mandibles, vertebrae, ribs, sternum and limb bones) taken into considerations in the present work. Complete skeletons are depicted in lateral view; additional sketches of the crania in dorsal view are also provided.