Darwin and evolution: a set of activities based on the evolution of mammals [PDF]
, 2010 These activities, prepared for key stage 5 students (ages 16-18) and also suitable for key stage 4 (ages 14-16), show that physical appearance is not necessarily the best way to classify mammals.
Haresnape, Janet
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First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]
, 2010 In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Boer, M.N., de
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Characteristics of order Cetacea (whales) and causes of their vulnerability in the Adriatic Sea [PDF]
, 2011 Kitovi (Cetacea) su jedini sisavci koji su prilagodili život u potpunosti u vodi. Ima ih više od 80 vrsta, a neke nastanjuju osim mora i rijeke. Dijele se na dva podreda: kitove zubane (Odontoceti) i usane (Mysticeti).
Babić, Jelena
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2013 Teeth are important elements in studies of modern and fossil Cetacea (whales, dolphins), providing information on feeding habits, estimations of age and phylogenetic relationships.
Carolina Loch +3 more
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Cetacean (order Cetacea) evolution [PDF]
, 2009 Cilj ovog rada bio je shvatiti i razraditi morfološke i molekularne podatke dobivene iz brojnih fosilnih nalaza kako bi se zaključilo o podrijetlu današnjih vrsti reda Cetacea.
Divac Brnić, Dušica
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, 2019 We present a case study in which we use a mixture of regressions model to improve on an ill-fitting simple linear regression model relating log brain mass to log body mass for 100 placental mammalian species.
Kunkel, Deborah, Peruggia, Mario
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Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin [PDF]
, 2005 An odontocete cranium from Miocene deposits in northern Belgium is examined and referred to Caviziphius altirostris, a new genus and species of beaked whale.
Bianucci, G., Post, K.
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Catalogue of marine mammals of the Mammalogical collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
Revista del Museo de La Plata, 2016 This catalogue lists the materials of marine mammals housed in the Mammalogical collection of Museo de La Plata. This contribution is an update of the unpublished catalogue made by R. Bastida, J.B. Desojo, and L.H. Soibelzon in 1997. It includes all the
A. Itatí Olivares +6 more
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Koristocetus pescei gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru [PDF]
, 2017 Among odontocetes, members of the family Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales) are known as small-sized and in many respects enigmatic relatives of the great sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus.
Bianucci, G. +4 more
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Vascularization of the trachea in the bottlenose dolphin: Comparison with bovine and evidence for evolutionary adaptations to diving [PDF]
, 2018 The rigid structure of the mammalian trachea is functional to maintain constant patency and airflow during breathing, but no gas exchange takes place through its walls.
Bagnoli, Paola +3 more
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