New protocetid whale from the middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on land, precocial development, and sexual dimorphism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a   Ul Haq, Munir ^b   Von Koenigswald, Wighart ^c   Sanders, William J ^a   Smith, B Holly ^a   Zalmout, Iyad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; BEAR; BREEDING; CANINE TOOTH; CETACEA; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOT; HINDLIMB; LIFE HISTORY; LUTETIAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SPINE; TALUS; THORAX;

EID: 84892938337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004366     Document Type: Article

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