Image: Thalassocnus natans from Cerro Ballena

Description: Thalassocnus natans from Cerro Ballena. A-B, mandible in lateral views, CD, in medial views, and E-F, in occlusal view. G-H, femur in anterior views, I-J, femur posterior view, and K-L, distal view. Abbreviations: a.m1, alveolus for lower molar 1; a.m2, alveolus for lower molar 2; a.m3, alveolus for lower molar 3; cc, coronoid canal; fc, fovea capitis; gt, greater trochanter; h, head; lc, lateral condyle; le, lateral epicondyle; lt, lesser trochanter; mc, medial condyle; me, medial epicondyle; n, neck; pr, parasagittal ridge; ps, patellar surface; tf, trochanteric fossa; tt, third trochanter. Diagonal lines represent broken surfaces
Title: Thalassocnus natans from Cerro Ballena
Credit: Supplemental Material: (2014). "Repeated mass strandings of Miocene marine mammals from Atacama Region of Chile point to sudden death at sea". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1781). DOI:10.1098/rspb.2013.3316. PMID 24573855. PMC: 3953850.
Author: Nicholas D. Pyenson, Carolina S. Gutstein, James F. Parham, Jacobus P. Le Roux, Catalina Carreño Chavarría, Holly Little, Adam Metallo, Vincent Rossi, Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Cara M. Santelli, David Rubilar Rogers, Mario A. Cozzuol and Mario E. Suárez
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