cetacean timeline
Category: Altro
è stato aggiornato: 28 mag 2021
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Created byAmbre Coste
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First fossil cetacean describedGeorges Cuvier describes fossil mysticetes and odontocetesFirst fossil cetacean from North AmericaKoch presents the HydrarchosPakicetus inachus found with bullaeSuggestion of belonging to hoofed mammalsFirst suggestion that whales resemble “ruminants”Many scientists think that finding the origin of cetaceans is to difficultInsectivore and/or creodont origin (Kellogg, 1936) based on dentitionComparative immune‐reactivity testsMesonychia as closest relatives of whalesDNA comparison of cetaceans to other mammalsRise of DNA studiesAstraligiRaoellid artiodactyl IndohyusPeriodi
The three cetacean suborders named
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