Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth
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Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth
The origin of baleen whales (Mysticeti), the largest animals on Earth, is closely tied to their signature filter-feeding strategy. Unlike their modern relatives, archaic whales possessed a well-developed, heterodont adult dentition. How these teeth were used, and what role their function and subsequent loss played in the emergence of filter feeding, is an enduring mystery. In particular, it has...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0348