On the Olfactory Anatomy in an Archaic Whale (Protocetidae, Cetacea) and the Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Balaenopteridae, Cetacea)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-272

  Godfrey, Stephen J ^a,b   Geisler, Jonathan ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Erich M G ^b,d  

^a Calvert Marine Museum   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balaenopteridae; Cetacea; Ethmoturbinates; Olfactory apparatus Protocetidae; Pamunkey River; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHMOID BONE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCETIDAE; RIVER; WHALE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CETACEA; FOSSILS; MINKE WHALE; OLFACTORY BULB; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PROTOCETIDAE;

EID: 84873055629     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22637     Document Type: Article

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