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Cephalopods from the stomachs of sperm whales taken off California [PDF]

, 1989
Cephalopod remains (beaks, bodies, and parts of bodies) were collected from the stomachs of 157 sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) taken off central California (lat. 37°-39°N).
Fiscus, Clifford H., Rice, Dale W., Wolman, Allen A.   +2 more
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Are epizoites biological indicators of a western Mediterranean striped dolphin die-off? [PDF]

, 1994
During a die-off of Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba in 1990-91, 82 individuals stranded on the Spanish coast were examined for crustacean ectoparasites and epizoites.
Aznar Avendaño, Francisco Javier, Balbuena, Juan Antonio, Raga Esteve, Juan Antonio   +2 more
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‘Aulophyseter’ rionegrensis (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina): a reappraisal

, 2020
The giant sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and the dwarf (Kogia sima) and pygmy (Kogia breviceps) sperm whales represent the only three extant species of physeteroids.
F. Paolucci, M. Fernández, M. Buono, J. Cuitiño   +3 more
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Order Cetacea

, 1993
James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr. (1993): Order Cetacea. In: Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds): Mammal Species of the World (2nd Edition). Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press: 349-364, ISBN: 1-56098-217-9, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo ...
Mead, James G., Brownell, Robert L., Jr.
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Direct Contact Among Galactic Civilizations by Relativistic Interstellar Spaceflight [PDF]

, 1962
Direct contact among galactic populations by relativistic interstellar ...
Sagan, Carl
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A New Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the Lower Pliocene of Italy Supports a Warm-Water Origin for Narwhals and White Whales

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2019
A new taxon of monodontid cetacean, Casatia thermophila, gen. et sp. nov., is here described on the basis of a partial skull from lower Pliocene (5.1–4.5 Ma) marginal-marine deposits of Tuscany (central Italy).
G. Bianucci, Fabio Pesci, A. Collareta, C. Tinelli   +3 more
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New light on the trophic ecology of Carcharodon hastalis from teeth embedded in Miocene cetacean vertebrae from Calvert Cliffs in Maryland, USA

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Recent isotopic analyses of the teeth of the extinct lamnid Carcharodon hastalis showed that it fed at a comparable trophic level as was the fossil and modern great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Although there are many examples of shark bite marks
Stephen J. Godfrey, Victor J. Perez, Marcus Jones, Phillip F. Chapman, Nathan Spencer, Jason E. Osborne   +5 more
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Primeiros registros de encalhe de Ziphius cavirostris (Cetacea, Odontoceti) na costa do Espírito Santo, Brasil

Biotemas, 2010
O presente trabalho reúne os primeiros registros de encalhe de Ziphius cavirostris (Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823) (Cetacea, Odontoceti) no Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil.
Luis Felipe Silva Pereira Mayorga, Lupercio Araújo Barbosa, Renata Cristina Campos Bhering   +2 more
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Updated revision of the marine mammals collection housed at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [PDF]

, 2010
Se realizó una revisión de los ejemplares de la Colección de Mamíferos Marinos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". La misma indicó que del total de ejemplares catalogados (n=378), el 56.9% corresponde a Cetacea mientras que ...
Bustos, Raimundo Lucas, Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo, Di Martino, Cecilia C., Harrington, Ana, Montiel, Ricardo Alberto, Negri, Maria Fernanda, Vaccaro, Olga Beatriz, Varela, Esperanza Amalia, Viola, M. Natalia Paso, Zambrana, Mercedes M.   +9 more
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New records of the archaic dolphin Agorophius (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the upper Oligocene Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA

PeerJ, 2018
The stem odontocete Agorophius pygmaeus (Ashley Formation, lower Oligocene, South Carolina; 29.0–26.57 Ma) has been a critical point of comparison for studies of early neocete evolution owing to its early discovery as well as its transitional anatomy ...
R. Boessenecker, J. Geisler
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