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Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans of the late Eocene
Apex predators live at the top of an ecological pyramid, preying on animals in the pyramid below and normally immune from predation themselves. Apex predators are often, but not always, the largest animals of their kind. The living killer whale Orcinus orca is an apex predator in modern world oceans...
Autores principales: | Voss, Manja, Antar, Mohammed Sameh M., Zalmout, Iyad S., Gingerich, Philip D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30625131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209021 |
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