A Late Miocene Potential Neobalaenine Mandible from Argentina Sheds Light on the Origins of the Living Pygmy Right Whale

The origins and evolutionary relationships of the pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata), the only living member of the Neobalaeninae, have been the subject of a long-standing debate. This phylogenetic uncertainty is compounded by a limited neobalaenine fossil record. Here, we report a Late Miocene m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta palaeontologica Polonica 2014-12, Vol.59 (4), p.787-793
Hauptverfasser:	Buono, Mónica R., Dozo, Maria T., Marx, Felix G., Fordyce, R. Ewan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Brief reports Cetacea Geological research Mandible Natural history Physiological aspects Zoological research
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