A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia
There was a fauna of baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) in the Central Paratethys, a Miocene water body which covered the area of present-day Central Europe. Most of the fossil baleen whales from the Central Paratethys have been found in strata assigned to the regional Badenian age and comprise ende...
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ftunivbelgradfp:oai:reff.f.bg.ac.rs:123456789/3681 2023-05-15T15:36:57+02:00 A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia Gol'din, Pavel Radović, Predrag 2018 http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3681 https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9751 http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/bitstream/id/8557/bitstream_8557.pdf en eng Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 2039-4942 http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3681 doi:10.13130/2039-4942/9751 http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/bitstream/id/8557/bitstream_8557.pdf openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ BY-SA CC-BY-SA Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Miocene Paratethys Serbia baleen whales cetotheres Parietobalaena Sarmatian article publishedVersion 2018 ftunivbelgradfp https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9751 2022-06-07T16:18:27Z There was a fauna of baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) in the Central Paratethys, a Miocene water body which covered the area of present-day Central Europe. Most of the fossil baleen whales from the Central Paratethys have been found in strata assigned to the regional Badenian age and comprise endemic forms, known only from this region. Here a new description is provided for a fragmentary skeleton of a whale found in Belgrade, Serbia, and its age context and biological aspects are discussed. This specimen, consisting of a fragmentary horizontal ramus of the mandible and eight caudal vertebrae, is tentatively identified as ?Parietobalaena sp., a globally known Miocene taxon, with related forms having been recorded earlier from the Eastern Paratethys. An early Sarmatian age (i.e., about 12.7-12.4 Ma) is proposed for the specimen. Based on epiphyseal fusion of caudal vertebrae, the specimen’s age is identified as a subadult, with a body length of around 2.5 m and an estimated adult body length around 3-3.5 m, which is extremely small for baleen whales. This find represents one of the latest records of baleen whales in the Central Paratethys and one of the latest published records of Parietobalaena-like taxa in the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whale baleen whales REFF - Faculty of Filosophy Repository, University of Belgrade Bele ENVELOPE(8.523,8.523,63.015,63.015) |
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There was a fauna of baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) in the Central Paratethys, a Miocene water body which covered the area of present-day Central Europe. Most of the fossil baleen whales from the Central Paratethys have been found in strata assigned to the regional Badenian age and comprise endemic forms, known only from this region. Here a new description is provided for a fragmentary skeleton of a whale found in Belgrade, Serbia, and its age context and biological aspects are discussed. This specimen, consisting of a fragmentary horizontal ramus of the mandible and eight caudal vertebrae, is tentatively identified as ?Parietobalaena sp., a globally known Miocene taxon, with related forms having been recorded earlier from the Eastern Paratethys. An early Sarmatian age (i.e., about 12.7-12.4 Ma) is proposed for the specimen. Based on epiphyseal fusion of caudal vertebrae, the specimen’s age is identified as a subadult, with a body length of around 2.5 m and an estimated adult body length around 3-3.5 m, which is extremely small for baleen whales. This find represents one of the latest records of baleen whales in the Central Paratethys and one of the latest published records of Parietobalaena-like taxa in the world. |
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Gol'din, Pavel Radović, Predrag |
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Gol'din, Pavel Radović, Predrag |
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A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |
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A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |
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A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |
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A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |
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A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |
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middle miocene baleen whale from bele vode in belgrade, serbia |
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Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy |
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2018 |
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http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3681 https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9751 http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/bitstream/id/8557/bitstream_8557.pdf |
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