Ancient whale genus newly-described from Morocco lived around 40 million years ago and likely had manatee-like swimming and feeding habits
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276110
Article Title: Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco
Author Countries: USA, Morocco
Funding: S.Z. 9202-12 National Geographic Society https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/ . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. S.Z. 9765-15 National Geographic Society https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/ . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco
26-Oct-2022
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.