The anatomy of the Late Miocene baleen whale Cetotherium riabinini from Ukraine

• Autorzy: Gol'din P. , Startsev D. , Krakhmalnaya T.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We re-describe Cetotherium riabinini, a little-known baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys represented by an exceptionally well-preserved skull and partial skeleton. C. riabinini is shown to be closely related to C. rathkii, the only other member of the genus. Cetotheriids from the Eastern Paratethys are remarkable for their pachyosteosclerotic postcranial skeleton, and are among the youngest known cetaceans displaying this morphology. C. riabinini likely followed a generalised feeding strategy combining herpetocetine-like continuous suction feeding, as seen in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos, and eschrichtiid-like intermittent suction feeding. This hypothesis may explain the mechanism and function of cranial kinesis in baleen whales. Many characteristics of the mysticete skull likely evolved as a result of cranial kinesis, thus leading to multiple instances of morphological convergence across different phylogenetic lineages.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 59
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.795-814,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gol'din P.

• Taurida National University, 4, Vernadsky Avenue, Simferopol, Crimea, 95007 Ukraine
• Museum of Southern Jutland, Department of Natural History and Palaeontology, Lergravsvej 2, 6510, Gram, Denmark

autor

Startsev D.

• Taurida National University, 4, Vernadsky Avenue, Simferopol, Crimea, 95007 Ukraine

autor

Krakhmalnaya T.

• Academician V.A. Topachevsky Paleontological Museum of the National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, Bohdan Khmelnitsky St., Kiev, 01601 Ukraine

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DOI

10.4202/app.2012.0107