Main Baleen Features of an Extant Rorqual, at Different Scales (IMAGE)

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Main Baleen Features of an Extant Rorqual, at Different Scales

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A: Main baleen features of an extant rorqual, at different scales; tubule diameter ~0.5 mm (modified and redrawn from Szewciw et al., 2010). B: Location of Cerro Colorado, Peru (detailed map in Fig. DR1 [see footnote 1]). C: Left baleen rack of the balaenopteroid specimen M1 as found in the field, with drawing showing the original position in the whale skull. D: Right baleen rack of specimen M1. Larger images are available from the lead author.

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Anna Gioncada and <i>Geology</i>.

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