Lateral palatal foramina are not widespread in Artiodactyla and imply baleen in extinct mysticetes.

Autor: Ekdale EG; Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA. eekdale@sdsu.edu.; Department of Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, USA. eekdale@sdsu.edu., El Adli JJ; Department of Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, USA.; Paleontology Department, Bargas Environmental Consulting, 3111 Camino del Rio N, Suite 400, San Diego, CA, 92108, USA., McGowen MR; Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, MRC 108, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA., Deméré TA; Department of Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, USA., Lanzetti A; Imaging and Analysis Center, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK.; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK., Berta A; Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA., Springer MS; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA., Boessenecker RW; University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA., Gatesy J; Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024, USA.

Publikováno v: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 May 03; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 10174. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 03.