脊椎動物の形態の限界を突破する 初期のクジラ

Giovanni Bianucci1, Olivier Lambert2, Mario Urbina3

  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Nature
|August 2, 2023
PubMed
まとめ

最近発見された化石のクジラ ペルーケタス・コロッサスは 骨密度が非常に高く 記録されている中で最も重い動物である可能性が示唆されています この発見により 鯨の体重がピークに達した時期は エオセーン時代に遡ります

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