Rostral densification in beaked whales: Diverse processes for a similar pattern

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 453-468

  Lambert, Olivier ^a,b   de Buffrénil, Vivian ^a   de Muizon, Christian ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beaked whales; Bone histology; Computed tomography; Odontoceti; Osteosclerosis; Pachyostosis; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SHAPE; BONE; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; HISTOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; TOMOGRAPHY; WHALE;

CETACEA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ODONTOCETI; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 80052683631     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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