Robert Boessenecker, Doctor of Whaleontology™️さんのイラストまとめ

New pub: new fossils of Albertocetus meffordorum, an early echolocating cetacean (Odontoceti)! New fossils shed light on early brain size/anatomy, locomotion, and auditory anatomy of earliest dolphins. Fossils in @cofcnathistory collections @cofc https://t.co/scinitIVc0

#Sciart here's a couple of life restorations of fossil pinnipeds - early walrus Pelagiarctos, and Allodesmus with early fur seal Eotaria

Latest gift from Jim Goedert: monographs on modern/fossil odontocetes incl. rare Flynn 1948 monograph on Prosqualodon. You shouldn't have!😊

Finally posted: 2016 in review: advances in marine mammal paleontology! Summaries/comments on this year's new pubs: https://t.co/Gh7cv4Ygzz

Another new pub: extreme adaptations for diving in Mesoplodon beaked whales https://t.co/grD1vDMFgf

New pub: giant tusked salmon Oncorhynchus rastrosus (Mio-CA) grew large tusks for spawning: marine specimens smaller https://t.co/LLkIxCNsPR

Bearded archaeocetes? A good writeup of vibrissae in cetaceans and hippos by Markus Buhler: https://t.co/WhfS0NnTJh

Introducing Sitsqwayk, a new archaic baleen whale from the Oligocene of Washington! https://t.co/fhrnd3fCzw

New balaenopterid whale Fragilicetus from lower Pliocene of Belgium - congrats @mickbisconti https://t.co/i9gbuKaWc3

Happy mother's day from Maiacetus inuus, the good mother whale! (art by J. Gurney)