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A close relative of the Amazon river dolphin in marine deposits: a new Iniidae from the late Miocene of Angola
BACKGROUND: A few odontocetes (echolocating toothed cetaceans) have been able to independently colonize freshwater ecosystems. Although some extant species of delphinids (true dolphins) and phocoenids (porpoises) at least occasionally migrate upstream of large river systems, they have close relative...
Autores principales: | Lambert, Olivier, Auclair, Camille, Cauxeiro, Cirilo, Lopez, Michel, Adnet, Sylvain |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30225172 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5556 |
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