Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru
Although modern beaked whales (Ziphiidae) are known to be highly specialized toothed whales that predominantly feed at great depths upon benthic and benthopelagic prey, only limited palaeontological data document this major ecological shift. We report on a ziphiid–fish assemblage from the Late Mioce...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::6be52e29362beb5cf654b1ac644679a0 2023-05-15T18:33:32+02:00 Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina-Schmitt, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni 2020-07-19 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n27h3 en eng Dryad http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n27h3 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n27h3 lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.n27h3 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:90050 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:90050 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c Odontoceti Ziphiidae Tortonian Sardinops feeding extinct Miocene Messapicetus Pacific sardine Cenozoic Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n27h3 2023-01-22T17:41:41Z Although modern beaked whales (Ziphiidae) are known to be highly specialized toothed whales that predominantly feed at great depths upon benthic and benthopelagic prey, only limited palaeontological data document this major ecological shift. We report on a ziphiid–fish assemblage from the Late Miocene of Peru that we interpret as the first direct evidence of a predator–prey relationship between a ziphiid and epipelagic fish. Preserved in a dolomite concretion, a skeleton of the stem ziphiid Messapicetus gregarius was discovered together with numerous skeletons of a clupeiform fish closely related to the epipelagic extant Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax). Based on the position of fish individuals along the head and chest regions of the ziphiid, the lack of digestion marks on fish remains and the homogeneous size of individuals, we propose that this assemblage results from the death of the whale (possibly via toxin poisoning) shortly after the capture of prey from a single school. Together with morphological data and the frequent discovery of fossil crown ziphiids in deep-sea deposits, this exceptional record supports the hypothesis that only more derived ziphiids were regular deep divers and that the extinction of epipelagic forms may coincide with the radiation of true dolphins. Lambert et al_suppl material1. Supplementary Figures 2. Size and Weight Estimates for Messapicetus gregarius 3. Size and Weight Estimates for Sardinops sp. cf S. sagax 4. Comparison of Cervical Vertebrae Ankylosis and Size among Ziphiidae 5. Comparison of Relative Humeral Length among Ziphiidae 6. Abbreviations for Institutions 7. Supplementary References Dataset toothed whales Unknown Pacific |
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Odontoceti Ziphiidae Tortonian Sardinops feeding extinct Miocene Messapicetus Pacific sardine Cenozoic Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo |
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Odontoceti Ziphiidae Tortonian Sardinops feeding extinct Miocene Messapicetus Pacific sardine Cenozoic Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina-Schmitt, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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Odontoceti Ziphiidae Tortonian Sardinops feeding extinct Miocene Messapicetus Pacific sardine Cenozoic Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo |
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Although modern beaked whales (Ziphiidae) are known to be highly specialized toothed whales that predominantly feed at great depths upon benthic and benthopelagic prey, only limited palaeontological data document this major ecological shift. We report on a ziphiid–fish assemblage from the Late Miocene of Peru that we interpret as the first direct evidence of a predator–prey relationship between a ziphiid and epipelagic fish. Preserved in a dolomite concretion, a skeleton of the stem ziphiid Messapicetus gregarius was discovered together with numerous skeletons of a clupeiform fish closely related to the epipelagic extant Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax). Based on the position of fish individuals along the head and chest regions of the ziphiid, the lack of digestion marks on fish remains and the homogeneous size of individuals, we propose that this assemblage results from the death of the whale (possibly via toxin poisoning) shortly after the capture of prey from a single school. Together with morphological data and the frequent discovery of fossil crown ziphiids in deep-sea deposits, this exceptional record supports the hypothesis that only more derived ziphiids were regular deep divers and that the extinction of epipelagic forms may coincide with the radiation of true dolphins. Lambert et al_suppl material1. Supplementary Figures 2. Size and Weight Estimates for Messapicetus gregarius 3. Size and Weight Estimates for Sardinops sp. cf S. sagax 4. Comparison of Cervical Vertebrae Ankylosis and Size among Ziphiidae 5. Comparison of Relative Humeral Length among Ziphiidae 6. Abbreviations for Institutions 7. Supplementary References |
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Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina-Schmitt, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni |
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Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina-Schmitt, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni |
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Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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Data from: No deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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data from: no deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late miocene of peru |
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