High frequency echolocation, ear morphology, and the marine-freshwater transition: A comparative study of extant and extinct toothed whales

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Gutstein, Carolina S ^a,b   Figueroa Bravo, Constanza P ^a   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^b,c   Yury Yañez, Roberto E ^a   Cozzuol, Mario A ^d   Canals, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Evolution; Neogene; Odontoceti; Periotic; River dolphins

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERIODICITY; WHALE;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI; SKENEA;

EID: 84896548027     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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