Researcher identifies evidence of
a calf whale from the Miocene of Hiroshima, Japan suggesting the earliest known
site for baleen whale breeding in the northern hemisphere
Date: August 22, 2017
Source: PeerJ
Summary:
Baleen whales are amongst the
largest animals to have ever lived and yet very little is known about their
breeding habits. One researcher's second look at previously found baleen whale
fossils from Japan provides new evidence of a now long-gone breeding ground of
the extinct baleen whale Parietobalaena
yamaokai dating back over 15 million years.
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