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 ...
Eric G Ekdale, Thomas A Deméré
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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 G Marx +2 more
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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, Giorgio Carnevale
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Taphonomy of a Mysticeti whale in the Lower Pliocene Huelva Sands Formation (Southern Spain) [PDF]
Geologica Acta, 2009 This paper reports the occurrence of an incomplete fossil baleen whale skeleton in the Lower Pliocene Huelva Sands Formation (Guadalquivir basin) near the town of Bonares, southwestern Spain.
R. ESPERANTE +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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The molecular evolution of genes previously associated with large sizes reveals possible pathways to cetacean gigantism [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Cetaceans are a group of aquatic mammals with the largest body sizes among living animals, including giant representatives such as blue and fin whales.
Felipe André Silva +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Baleen has been harvested by indigenous people for thousands of years, as well as collected by whalers as an additional product of commercial whaling in modern times.
Caroline Solazzo, Jolon M Dyer
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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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