Investigation of Whalebone from the Miocene Kovran Locality (Kamchatka Krai, Russia)

K. K. Tarasenko; A. V. Lopatin; A. V. Pakhnevich; E. S. Kovalenko; M. M. Murashev; K. M. Podurets

doi:10.1134/S0012496618060029

Investigation of Whalebone from the Miocene Kovran Locality (Kamchatka Krai, Russia)

Authors: Tarasenko K.K.¹, Lopatin A.V.¹, Pakhnevich A.V.¹, Kovalenko E.S.², Murashev M.M.², Podurets K.M.²
Affiliations:
1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute
2. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute,”
Issue: Vol 483, No 1 (2018)
Pages: 222-224
Section: General Biology
URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/0012-4966/article/view/154397
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496618060029
ID: 154397

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New information on the microstructures, general morphology, and features of preservation of plates of a whalebone from the Miocene Kovran locality in the Kamchatka Peninsula are provided. The plates have a chevron-like bend which is absent in extant Balaenopteridae, Balaenidae, and Eschrichtiidae. This shape is possibly related to the filtration mechanism characteristic of these whales.