Diversity, 2022 A review of the morphological patterns exhibited by all the main radiations of mysticete (baleen whale) cetaceans provided a broad assessment of the fundamental morphological transformations that occurred in the transition to the Mysticeti clade.
Michelangelo Bisconti +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundAnatomical comparisons of the ear region of baleen whales (Mysticeti) are provided through detailed osteological descriptions and high-resolution photographs of the petrotympanic complex (tympanic bulla and petrosal bone) of all extant species ...
Thomas Demere +2 more
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Molecular investigation of endoparasites of marine mammals (Cetacea: Mysticeti, Odontoceti) in the Western Mediterranean [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionWhales, dolphins, and porpoises are susceptible to infections by protozoan and metazoan parasites.MethodsIn this study, tissue samples, as well as flatworms and roundworms, were collected from a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus),
Nicolas R. Specht +10 more
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A new Early Oligocene toothed ‘baleen’ whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Archaic toothed mysticetes represent the evolutionary transition from raptorial to bulk filter feeding in baleen whales. Aetiocetids, in particular, preserve an intermediate morphological stage in which teeth functioned alongside a precursor of baleen ...
Felix Georg Marx +2 more
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New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are gigantic filter-feeding cetaceans possessing the unique soft tissue structure baleen and lacking adult teeth; Oligocene fossils have revealed a wealth of early diverging tooth-bearing mysticetes highlighting the transition ...
Robert W. Boessenecker +2 more
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A new Miocene baleen whale from Peru deciphers the dawn of cetotheriids [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Cetotheriidae are an iconic, nearly extinct family of baleen whales (Mysticeti) with a highly distinct cranial morphology. Their origins remain a mystery, with even the most archaic species showing a variety of characteristic features.
Felix G. Marx +2 more
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A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 The Pisco-Ica and Sacaco basins of southern Peru are renowned for their abundance of exceptionally preserved fossil cetaceans, several of which retain traces of soft tissue and occasionally even stomach contents.
Felix G. Marx, Naoki Kohno
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Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Baleen whales (mysticetes) lack teeth as adults and instead filter feed using keratinous baleen plates. They do not echolocate with ultrasonic frequencies like toothed whales but are instead known for infrasonic acoustics.
B. K. Shipps +2 more
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Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 A new, fully dated total-evidence phylogeny of baleen whales (Mysticeti) shows that evolutionary phases correlate strongly with Caenozoic modernization of the oceans and climates, implying a major role for bottom-up physical drivers.
Felix G. Marx, R. Ewan Fordyce
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Salishicetus meadi, a new aetiocetid from the late Oligocene of Washington State and implications for feeding transitions in early mysticete evolution [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Living baleen whales, or Mysticeti, lack teeth and instead feed using keratinous baleen plates to sieve prey-laden water. This feeding strategy is profoundly different from that of their toothed ancestors, which processed prey using the differentiated ...
Carlos Mauricio Peredo +1 more
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