Fragilicetus Explained

Fragilicetus is an extinct genus of rorqual from Early Pliocene deposits in Belgium.

Description

Fragilicetus exhibits a combination of balaenopterid features (shape of the supraorbital process of the frontal and significant details of the temporal fossa) and those found in Cetotheriidae and Eschrichtiidae (squamosal bulge and posteriorly protruded exoccipital).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bisconti. Michelangelo. Bosselaers. Mark. Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016. 177. 2. 450–474. 10.1111/zoj.12370. free.

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