Skull anatomy of the Oligocene toothed mysticete Aetioceus weltoni (Mammalia; Cetacea): Implications for mysticete evolution and functional anatomy

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-352

  Deméré, Thomas A ^a   Berta, Annalisa ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Palaeontology; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AETIOCETIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 52949124033     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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