Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific revealed
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 21:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A speculative life rendering of the fossil whale Balaenoptera bertae unearthed in the San Francisco Bay Area. The whale belongs within the same genus as minke and fin whales, indicating... The pre-Ice Age marine mammal community of the North Pacific formed a strangely eclectic scene, research by a Geology PhD student at New Zealand's University of Otago reveals.