A new baleen whale from the late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1169-1190

  Steeman, Mette E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balaenopteroidea; Evolution; Hearing; Mysticeti

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 70350028345     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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