Genomic Insights Into the Evolutionary History of Berardius Beaked Whales: Speciation Driven by Resource Specialization, Gigantism and Thermal Barriers? [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Understanding the diversity of our oceans is fundamental now more than ever as climate change and human activities put increasing pressure on marine species and ecosystems. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) are among the most poorly understood marine mammals, in part due to their affinity to offshore underwater canyons and prolonged diving ...
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Isotopic analyses of the incrementally growing baleen in Mysticeti have been used to learn about their feeding and movement patterns. Using methods previously applied to Pacific minke whales, stable δ15N and δ13C isotope values were measured along the ...
Dafne Eerkes‐Medrano +2 more
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Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 In 1941, Abel established Balaena belgica based on a series of fused cervical vertebrae and citing other cranial fragments from the late Neogene of the Antwerp harbor (northern Belgium).
Michelangelo Bisconti +2 more
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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 This contribution is an update of the unpublished catalogue made by R. Bastida, J.B. Desojo, and L.H. Soibelzon in 1997.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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Like phoenix from the ashes: How modern baleen whales arose from a fossil “dark age” [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 The evolution of baleen whales (Mysticeti), the largest animals on Earth, was punctuated by a pivotal turnover event. Following their emergence around 36 million years (Ma), mysticetes diversified into a disparate range of toothed and toothless species ...
Felix G. Marx +2 more
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Whale Collections and Exhibitions at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa (Italy)
HeritageThe Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa hosts the most important osteological collection of extant cetaceans in Italy as well as one of the most relevant all over Europe.
Simone Farina +5 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 ...
Eric G Ekdale +2 more
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A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Locating breeding sites is definitely a key to understanding the ecological requirements and maintaining the sustainability of populations/species. Here I re-examined published specimens of an extinct baleen whale, Parietobalaena yamaokai, from the lower
Cheng-Hsiu Tsai
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A new member of fossil balaenid (Mysticeti, Cetacea) from the early Pliocene of Hokkaido, Japan [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 The family Balaenidae includes two genus and four extant species. Extinct balaenids are known for at least four genus and 10 species. The oldest known record of members of the Balaenidae is known from the early Miocene, but still need more early members ...
Yoshihiro Tanaka +2 more
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A new species of Middle Miocene baleen whale from the Nupinai Group, Hikatagawa Formation of Hokkaido, Japan [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 A fossil whale from the Hikatagawa Formation (Middle Miocene, 15.2–11.5 Ma) of Hokkaido, Japan is described as a new genus and species Taikicetus inouei and its phylogenetic position is examined.
Yoshihiro Tanaka +2 more
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