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Transition of Eocene Whales from Land to Sea: Evidence from Bone Microstructure

Cetacea are secondarily aquatic amniotes that underwent their land-to-sea transition during the Eocene. Primitive forms, called archaeocetes, include five families with distinct degrees of adaptation to an aquatic life, swimming mode and abilities that remain difficult to estimate. The lifestyle of...

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Autores principales: Houssaye, Alexandra, Tafforeau, Paul, de Muizon, Christian, Gingerich, Philip D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25714394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118409