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Locomotor evolution in the earliest cetaceans: functional model, modern analogues, and paleontological evidence

We discuss a model for the origin of cetacean swimming that is based on hydrodynamic and kinematic data of modern mammalian swimmers. The model suggests that modern otters (Mustelidae: Lutrinae) display several of the locomotor modes that early…

Tags: 1997, aquatic locomotion, Biodiversity & Conservation, Efficiency, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, eocene, Evolutionary Biology, Fish F E, Journal Article, origin, Otters, Paleobiology, Paleontology, power output, Thewissen J G M

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