How whales used to filter: exceptionally preserved baleen in a Miocene cetotheriid

Baleen is a comb‐like structure that enables mysticete whales to bulk feed on vast quantities of small prey, and ultimately allowed them to become the largest animals on Earth. Because baleen rarely fossilises, extremely little is known about its evolution, structure and function outside the living...

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Autores principales: Marx, Felix G., Collareta, Alberto, Gioncada, Anna, Post, Klaas, Lambert, Olivier, Bonaccorsi, Elena, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28542839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.12622

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28542839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.12622

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