艾什歐鯨
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化石時期: 漸新世 |
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滅絕 (化石)
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Aetiocetus cotylalveus |
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艾什歐鯨(Aetiocetus)是已滅絕的鬚鯨,生存於漸新世的美國俄勒岡州。牠是介乎巴基鯨及現今白鯨的過渡性化石。[1]
[编辑] 參考
- ^ Lines of Evidence:Transitional Forms (1 of 2).Understanding Evolution.Berkeley University.於2008年4月26日查閱.
- At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, and Kit M. Kovacs
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- Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis