Inside baleen: Exceptional microstructure preservation in a late Miocene whale skeleton from Peru

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: GIONCADA, ANNA, COLLARETA, ALBERTO, GARIBOLDI, KAREN, Lambert, Olivier, Celma, Claudio Di, BONACCORSI, ELENA, Urbina, Mario, BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI
• Other Authors: Gioncada, Anna, Collareta, Alberto, Gariboldi, Karen, Bonaccorsi, Elena, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: PISCO FORMATION; CONCRETIONS; MINERALIZATION; LAGERSTATTE; KERATIN; GENUS; Pisco; Sei Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/809640; https://doi.org/10.1130/G38216.1; https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/44/10/839-842/195058

Exceptionally preserved delicate baleen microstructures have been found in association with the skeleton of a late Miocene balaenopteroid whale in a dolomite concretion of the Pisco Formation, Peru. Microanalytical data (scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis, X-ray diffraction)...