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A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert
Marx, F.G.; Kohno, N. (2016). A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert. Royal Society Open Science 3(10): 27 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160542
In: Royal Society Open Science. The Royal Society: London. ISSN 2054-5703; e-ISSN 2054-5703, meer
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Trefwoorden
    Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 [WoRMS]; Mysticeti Flower, 1864 [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    Mysticeti; baleen whale; rorqual; Balaenopteridae; lunge feeding; PiscoFormation

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  • Marx, F.G., meer
  • Kohno, N.

Abstract
    The Pisco-Ica and Sacaco basins of southern Peru are renowned for their abundance of exceptionally preserved fossil cetaceans, several of which retain traces of soft tissue and occasionally even stomach contents. Previous work has mostly focused on odontocetes, with baleen whales currently being restricted to just three described taxa. Here, we report a new Late Miocene rorqual (family Balaenopteridae), Incakujira anillodefuego gen. et sp. nov., based on two exceptionally preserved specimens from the Pisco Formation exposed at Aguada de Lomas, Sacaco Basin, southern Peru. Incakujira overall closely resembles modern balaenopterids, but stands out for its unusually gracile ascending process of the maxilla, as well as a markedly twisted postglenoid process of the squamosal. The latter likely impeded lateral (omega) rotation of the mandible, in stark contrast with the highly flexible craniomandibular joint of extant lunge-feeding rorquals. Overall, Incakujira expands the still meagre Miocene record of balaenopterids and reveals a previously underappreciated degree of complexity in the evolution of their iconic lunge-feeding strategy.

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