The History of Whales-Their Adaptation to Life in the Water (Concluded)
- 1 June 1928
- journal article
- review article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Quarterly Review of Biology
- Vol. 3 (2), 174-208
- https://doi.org/10.1086/394300
Abstract
A detailed osteological comparison of the skulls of extinct and contemporary whales, by families. Morphological peculiarities of the mysticetes. Anatomical and physiological adjustments of the body to meet the needs of aquatic existence. Detailed discussions of the eye and cerebellum and of the olfactory apparatus and olfactory lobes.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Description of a new genus and species of whalebone whale from the Calvert Cliffs, MarylandProceedings of the United States National Museum, 1924
- Contribution towards a Knowledge of the Osteology of the Pigmy Whale (Neobalæna marginata).The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1901