Project 2044: Fordyce, R.E., Marx, F.G. 2018. Gigantism precedes filter feeding in baleen whale evolution. Current Biology. 28:1670-1676.e2.

Specimen reference source
Vouchered

Taxonomic name
† Herpetocetus transatlanticus

Institution code for specimens repository
USNM

Repository catalog number
182962

Bibliographic Reference
Whitmore, F. C. and Barnes, L. G. 2008. The Herpetocinae, a new subfamily of extinct baleen whales (Mammalia, Cetacea, Cetotheriidae). Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication. Vol. 14, pp. 141-180.

Specimen created by
Felix Marx

Specimen created on
August 23 2011 at 22:01:21

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