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Title: | Archaic baleen whale from the Kokoamu Greensand: earbones distinguish a new late Oligocene mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from New Zealand | Authors: | C-H TSAI Fordyce R.E |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal Volume: | 46 | Journal Issue: | 2 | Start page/Pages: | 117-138 | Source: | Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand | Abstract: | †Whakakai waipata is a new genus and species of Mysticeti from the Kokoamu Greensand (Chattian, Late Oligocene, 25–27 Ma) of ‘The Earthquakes’, North Otago. The holotype of †Whakakai waipata is a partial skull, periotics, tympanic bulla, vertebrae and scapula. The earbone morphology of †Whakakai waipata shows a unique combination of diagnostic features including: massive periotic; flange of posterior process and caudal tympanic process flooring stapedial muscle fossa; and an elongated stylomastoid fossa that invades the robust posterior process of the periotic. The tympanoperiotic features in †Whakakai waipata suggest a different acoustic niche from other Oligocene mysticetes, and by inference different feeding habits and habitat. |
URI: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.2016.1156552?journalCode=tnzr20#.V1DiPWMyM-8 http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/399295 |
DOI: | 10.1080/03036758.2016.1156552 |
Appears in Collections: | 生命科學系 |
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