Enigmatic osteology in Miocene odontocete rostra suggests periostitis

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-394

  Gerholdt, Jennifer ^a,b   Godfrey, Stephen ^a  

^a Calvert Marine Museum   (United States)

^b Global Forest and Trade Network North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Calvert Cliffs.; Chesapeake Group; Deformity; Fossil; Hawthorn Group; Miocene; Odontocete; Pathology; Periostitis; Rostrum

Indexed keywords

BONE; CETACEAN; ETIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LESION; MIOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ALLIUM CEPA; CRATAEGUS;

EID: 77954471427     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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