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FIG. 5. — Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n in The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives
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FIG. 5. — Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.; MAB 010293, holotype. The neurocranium of Persufflatius n. gen. compared to the outline drawings of Pelocetus, Atlanticetus, Parietobalaena, Piscobalaena (a typical Cetotheriidae) and Balaenoptera acutorostrata (a typical derived Balaenopteridae). Notice the rounded, bulbous, 'inflated' shape of the postglenoid process, the exoccipital, the anterior squamosal and the supraoccipital (arrows).
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Published as part of Bosselaers, Mark & Munsterman, Dirk K., 2022, The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives, pp. 933-973 in Geodiversitas 44 (30) on page 938, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a30, http://zenodo.org/record/7268556
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