Summary: | Figure 25. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov., UCMP 124950, right holotype tympanic bulla. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, medial view; E, anterior view; F, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, anterior; CP, conical process; D, dorsal; EO, Eustachian opening; INV, involucrum; IR, involucral ridge; L, lateral; LF, lateral furrow; M, medial; MF, median furrow; MR, main ridge; P, posterior; SF, sigmoid fissure; SP, sigmoid process; V, ventral. Scale bar = 1 cm. 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 435, DOI:10.1111/zoj.12108, http://zenodo.org/record/5304469
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