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Image: Arktocara skull in anterior and posterior views

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Description: Skull of Arktocara yakataga (USNM 214830) in anterior (A, B) and posterior (C, D) views. (A) Illustrated skull in anterior view with low opacity mask, interpretive line art, and labels for skull elements. Dotted lines indicate uncertainty of sutures and hatched lines indicate sediment obscuring the fossil. (B) photograph of skull in anterior view, photography by James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution. (C) Illustrated skull in posterior with low opacity mask, interpretive line art, and labels for skull elements. (D) photograph of skull in posterior view, photography by James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution.
Title: Arktocara skull in anterior and posterior views
Credit: Boersma, A. (2016). "Arktocara yakataga, a new fossil odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Alaska and the antiquity of Platanistoidea". Peer J 4. DOI:10.7717/peerj.2321. PMC: 4991871.
Author: Alexandra Boersma and Nicholas Pyenson
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
License: CC BY 4.0
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