Two toddlers having a fight? Or the tympanic bulla of a blue whale viewed from two sides... https://t.co/WbIFkjSIhj https://t.co/WSv6SIDgnG
Here is the tympanic bulla of a blue whale from all possible sides. Definitely looks like Pinocchio is both shocked, grumpy, and telling a lie. The long skinny "nose" is distinctive for blue whales. Source: https://t.co/WbIFkjSIhj https://t.co/a2JDC9clkD
@AlbinaIcelander @FlintDibble @osteoconnor @NaomiSykes1 @FayWorley @archaeoRattus @AnimalBones I am increasingly convinced of the whale tympanic bulla direction🐋 (some very nice images here https://t.co/55Sar3xJjI) but these pieces are small, and I can't f
#PLOSONE: The Comparative Osteology of the Petrotympanic Complex (Ear Region) of Extant Baleen Whales (Cetace ... http://t.co/Tm1btvNb5y
Part of a fin whale's ear. Previously misidentified as humpback. ID'd using this handy guide: http://t.co/Dz69ViRflo http://t.co/yGDjwlCFv2
great paper: importance of sigmoid process in whale phylogeny: Comp. Osteology of Ear Region of Extant Baleen Whales http://t.co/nNfOt1oyQr