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Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity

A new, fully dated total-evidence phylogeny of baleen whales (Mysticeti) shows that evolutionary phases correlate strongly with Caenozoic modernization of the oceans and climates, implying a major role for bottom-up physical drivers. The phylogeny of 90 modern and dated fossil species suggests three...

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Autores principales: Marx, Felix G., Fordyce, R. Ewan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140434