Investigation of Whalebone from the Miocene Kovran Locality (Kamchatka Krai, Russia).

Investigation of Whalebone from the Miocene Kovran Locality (Kamchatka Krai, Russia).
Dokl Biol Sci. 2018 Nov;483(1):222-224
Authors: Tarasenko KK, Lopatin AV, Pakhnevich AV, Kovalenko ES, Murashev MM, Podurets KM
Abstract
New information on the microstructures, general morphology, and features of preservation of plates of a whalebone from the Miocene Kovran locality in the Kamchatka Peninsula are provided. The plates have a chevron-like bend which is absent in extant Balaenopteridae, Balaenidae, and Eschrichtiidae. This shape is possibly related to the filtration mechanism characteristic of these whales.
PMID: 30603942 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Doklady Biological Sciences - November 1, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: Tarasenko KK, Lopatin AV, Pakhnevich AV, Kovalenko ES, Murashev MM, Podurets KM Tags: Dokl Biol Sci Source Type: research