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A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology

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Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier, Urbina, Mario, Merella, Marco, Collareta, Alberto, Bennion, Rebecca, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Post, Klaas, Muizon, Christian de, Bosio, Giulia, Celma, Claudio Di, Malinverno, Elisa, Pierantoni, Pietro Paolo, Villa1, Igor Maria, Amson1, Eli (2023): A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology. Nature 620: 824-829, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06381-1

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