Figure 1 in Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae

Figure 1. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov. A, illustrated quarry map of UCMP 124950 as discovered in the field showing the configuration of visible bone elements; B, inferred position of known bone elements of H. morrowi within the body; C, overhead view of the field excavation of UCMP 124950; D, obliq...

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Main Authors: El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A., Boessenecker, Robert W.
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Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5304471
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5304471
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Summary:Figure 1. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov. A, illustrated quarry map of UCMP 124950 as discovered in the field showing the configuration of visible bone elements; B, inferred position of known bone elements of H. morrowi within the body; C, overhead view of the field excavation of UCMP 124950; D, oblique view of the field excavation of UCMP 124950. Numbers in A are those assigned in the field during excavation of the specimen as referred to in the text: 1, lumbar(?) vertebra; 2, lumbar vertebra; 4, lumbar vertebra; 5, lumbar vertebra; 6, thoracic vertebra; 7, vertebral epiphysis; 8, rib; 9, rib. Published as part of El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A. & Boessenecker, Robert W., 2014, Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae, pp. 400-466 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (2) on page 405, DOI:10.1111/zoj.12108, http://zenodo.org/record/5304469