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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2017
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| 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 |