Abstract
Fragments of four Zygiocetus sp. whale skeletons from the Melek-Chesme locality at the Kerch Peninsula are described. This is the first finding of the representatives of this genus in Crimea.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful to the participants of the Crimean-Caucasian expedition team A.V. Lavrov, A.A. Lozovskii (PIN), E.I. Narozhnyi, P.V. Sokov, I.V. Dotsenko, V.A. Kisman, M.S. Kozlov, and V.P. Mokrushin (NAO Nasledie Kubani), and to I.O. Karamyshev, S.V. Solov’ev, and I.E. Sagirov for their participation in the excavations.
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This study was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-35-00206).
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Tarasenko, K.K., Lopatin, A.V. & Startsev, D.B. The First Finding of the Late Miocene Baleen Whales of the Genus Zygiocetus (Cetotheriidae, Mysticeti) in Crimea (Melek-Chesme Locality, Kerch Peninsula). Dokl Biol Sci 491, 63–66 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620020118
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