A new Miocene baleen whale from Peru deciphers the dawn of cetotheriids

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Marx, Felix, Lambert, Olivier, de Muizon, Christian
• Other Authors: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Subject Category: Biology (whole organism) Subject Areas: palaeontology/evolution/taxonomy and systematics Keywords: Mysticeti; baleen whale; pisco formation; cetotheriidae; evolution; phylogeny; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Pisco; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612076; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612076/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612076/file/185-2017%20Marx%20et%20al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170560

International audience Cetotheriidae are an iconic, nearly extinct family of baleen whales (Mysticeti) with a highly distinct cranial morphology. Their origins remain a mystery, with even the most archaic species showing a variety of characteristic features. Here, we describe a new species of archai...