New Holocene grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) material from North Carolina: the most complete North Atlantic grey whale skeleton to date

Skeletal remains and historical accounts indicate that grey whales (Eschrichtius robustus) existed in the North Atlantic Ocean from the Pleistocene into the seventeenth century. Fossil and sub-fossil occurrences in this basin are rare, distributed from the east coast of the United States to Iceland...

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Main Authors: Alyson Fleming, Briana Pobiner, Savannah Maynor, David Webster, Nicholas D. Pyenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-07-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220441