[Rockhounds] A Miocene Breeding Ground of an Extinct Baleen Whale Found in Japan

[Paul]

15-million-year-old baby whale fossil reveals
ancient breeding grounds. New information
about the habits of extinct whales may shed
light on the behaviour of their modern relatives,
writes Andrew Masterson.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/15-million-year-old-baby-whale-fossil-reveals-ancient-breeding-grounds

Other sources:
https://phys.org/news/2017-08-potential-site-miocene-era-baleen.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170822092205.htm

The paper is:

Cheng-Hsiu Tsai. A Miocene breeding ground of
an extinct baleen whale ( Cetacea: Mysticeti).
PeerJ, 2017; 5: e3711 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3711
https://peerj.com/articles/3711/

Yours,

Paul H.