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Cetacea (/sɪˈteɪʃə/; from
Latin cetus 'whale', from
Ancient Gr**** κῆτος (kêtos) 'huge fish, sea monster') is an
infraorder of
aquatic mammals belonging...
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Cetacea is an
infraorder that
comprises the 94
species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is
divided into
toothed whales (Odontoceti) and
baleen whales...
- Pangolins,
sometimes known as
scaly anteaters, are
mammals of the
order Pholidota (/fɒlɪˈdoʊtə/). The one
extant family, the Manidae, has
three genera:...
- present-extending
Cenozoic Era.
Molecular and
morphological analyses suggest Cetacea share a
relatively recent closest common ancestor with
hippopotami and...
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derived cognitive ability of
aquatic mammals belonging in the
infraorder Cetacea (cetaceans),
including baleen whales, porpoises, and dolphins. In 2014...
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address this problem, the
traditional order Artiodactyla and
infraorder Cetacea are
sometimes subsumed into the more
inclusive Cetartiodactyla taxon. An...
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colloquial grouping, they
correspond to
large members of the
infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all
cetaceans apart from
dolphins and porpoises.
Dolphins and porpoises...
- taxa are
separate orders.
Molecular studies, however, have
shown that the
Cetacea descend from
artiodactyl ancestors,
although the
precise phylogeny within...
- (Mammalia:
Cetacea) from the
Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico.
PaleoBios 42:1-46 L. G. Barnes. 1985.
Fossil pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia:
Cetacea) from...
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extinct cetaceans features the
extinct genera and
species of the
order Cetacea. The
cetaceans (whales,
dolphins and porpoises) are
descendants of land-living...
