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Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth
The origin of baleen whales (Mysticeti), the largest animals on Earth, is closely tied to their signature filter-feeding strategy. Unlike their modern relatives, archaic whales possessed a well-developed, heterodont adult dentition. How these teeth were used, and what role their function and subsequ...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0348 |