Olfaction in whales: Evidence from a young odontocete of the late Oligocene North Sea

Historical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-89

  Hoch, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Cranial anatomy; Denmark; North Sea; Odontoceti; Olfaction; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

OLFACTION; OLIGOCENE;

DENMARK;

BULLA; CETACEA; MALLEUS; ODONTOCETI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034103734     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292380009380556     Document Type: Article

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