Figure 39 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 39. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov., reconstructed skull and mandible based on UCMP 124950, SDNHM 65781, SDNHM 130390, SDNHM 63096, SDNHM 23057, and UCMP 219111. A, lateral view of articulated skull and mandible with mandible adducted; B, lateral view of articulated skull and mandible with mand...

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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/5330302
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5330302
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Summary:Figure 39. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov., reconstructed skull and mandible based on UCMP 124950, SDNHM 65781, SDNHM 130390, SDNHM 63096, SDNHM 23057, and UCMP 219111. A, lateral view of articulated skull and mandible with mandible adducted; B, lateral view of articulated skull and mandible with mandible abducted and hypothesized musculature configured; C, ventral view of skull showing hypothesized origination points of mandibular musculature. Abbreviation: m, muscle. 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 460, DOI:10.1111/zoj.12108, http://zenodo.org/record/5304469