A new odontocete (toothed cetacean) from the Early Miocene of Peru expands the morphological disparity of extinct heterodont dolphins
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1359689
Abstract: A key step in the evolutionary history of Odontoceti (echolocating toothed cetaceans) is the transition from the ancestral heterodont condition – characterized by the presence of double-rooted cheek teeth bearing accessory denticles – to the… read more here.
Keywords: morphological disparity; peru; miocene; heterodont ... See more keywords