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 fromthe Late Miocene...
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ftunivpisairis:oai:arpi.unipi.it:11568/760472 2024-04-21T08:12:48+00:00 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, Mario BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaa Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni 2015 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11568/760472 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1530 http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/282/1815/20151530.full.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/26354940 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000363357100012 volume:282 issue:1815 firstpage:1 lastpage:8 numberofpages:8 journal:PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES http://hdl.handle.net/11568/760472 doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.1530 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84941335554 http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/282/1815/20151530.full.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Feeding Fossil Odontoceti Pacific sardine Sardinop Ziphiidae Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) 2300 Immunology and Microbiology (all) Medicine (all) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunivpisairis https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1530 2024-03-28T01:29:09Z 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 fromthe Late Miocene of Peru thatwe 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 fromthe death of thewhale (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. Article in Journal/Newspaper toothed whales ARPI - Archivio della Ricerca dell'Università di Pisa Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1815 20151530 |
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Feeding Fossil Odontoceti Pacific sardine Sardinop Ziphiidae Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) 2300 Immunology and Microbiology (all) Medicine (all) Lambert, Olivier COLLARETA, ALBERTO LANDINI, WALTER Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina, Mario BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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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 fromthe Late Miocene of Peru thatwe 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 fromthe death of thewhale (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. |
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Lambert, Olivier Collareta, Alberto Landini, Walter Post, Klaa Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina, Mario Bianucci, Giovanni |
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Lambert, Olivier COLLARETA, ALBERTO LANDINI, WALTER Post, Klaas Ramassamy, Benjamin Di Celma, Claudio Urbina, Mario BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI |
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No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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No deep diving: Evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late Miocene of Peru |
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no deep diving: evidence of predation on epipelagic fish for a stem beaked whale from the late miocene of peru |
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