The systematics of right whales (Mysticeti: Balaenidae)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 497-521

  Churchill, Morgan ^a,b   Berta, Annalisa ^c   Deméré, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenidae; Fossil whales; Mysticeti; Right whales; Whale evolution; Whale taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOGENE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

BALAENA; BALAENIDAE; BELGICA; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; EUBALAENA JAPONICA; MYSTICETI; NEOBALAENIDAE;

EID: 84863521153     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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