Pleistocene survival of an archaic dwarf baleen whale (Mysticeti: Cetotheriidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-371

  Boessenecker, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cetacea; Cetotheriidae; Mysticeti; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

OVERTURN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CAPEREA MARGINATA; CETACEA; CETOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84876306724     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1037-2     Document Type: Article

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