The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru

2010/06/29 by Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Klaas Post +6 · 18 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Cephalopods and Marine Biology #Marine and coastal plant biology #Marine animal studies overview

paper · doi:10.1038/nature09067

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