New whale from the Eocene of Pakistan and the origin of cetacean swimming
Gingerich, Philip D. ; Raza, S. Mahmood ; Arif, Muhammad ; Anwar, Mohammad ; Zhou, Xiaoyuan
[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1994
[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1994
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1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] The early evolution of whales is illustrated by partial skulls and skeletons of five archaeocetes of Ypresian (early Eocene) and Lutetian (early Middle Eocene) age (Table 1), all found in sediments deposited near or in the ancient Tethys Sea. Pakicetus1 10 is the oldest fossil whale known, and it ...
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