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Fig. 2 in A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology
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Fig. 2 | Pachyostosis in the P.colossus MUSM 3248 holotype. a–c, Skeleton (a, preserved bones in dark grey), life reconstruction (b; artist, A. Gennari) and 3D models of a rib (c) and vertebra (L-k) (d) of P.colossus. e–j, Skeletons (e,h), posterior rib (f,i) and last lumbar vertebra (g,j) of the Wexford blue whale (B. musculus; e–g) and another basilosaurid, C. peruvianus (h–j). Scale bars, 50 cm (isolated bones in c, d, f, g, i and j) and 2 m (skeletons and reconstruction in a, b, e and h). The dagger symbols (†) indicate extinct species.
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