Whale Graveyard In Chile

[Scylla]

Pan American Highway leads to treasure trove of whale fossils.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/26/baleen-whale-graveyard-fossil-treasure-atacama-chile

[Oxytropidoceras]

The paper that goes with this news story is:

Pyenson, N. D., C. S. Gutstein, J. F. Parham, J. P. Le Roux,

C. C. Chavarría, H. Little, A. Metallo, V. Rossi, A. M.

Valenzuela-Toro, J. Velez-Juarbe, C. M. Santelli, D. R.

Rogers, M. A. Cozzuol, and M. E. Suárez, 2014, Repeated

mass strandings of Miocene marine mammals from Atacama

Region of Chile point to sudden death at sea. Proceedings

of the Royal Society B vol. 281, no. 1781, 20133316

http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3316

It is open access:

Abstract - http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1781/20133316.abstract

PDF file - http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1781/20133316.full.pdf#page=1&view=FitH

The Smithsonian web page is:

Algae Assassin Found Responsible for Whale Mass Grave

in Chile, Smithsonian Science, February 25, 2014

http://smithsonianscience.org/2014/02/algae-assassin-found-responsible-for-whale-mass-grave-in-chile/

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited February 26, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras

[Tommy_]

Nice story, I've never heard of these 'walrus-teethed whale' and 'aquatic sloth'. Do you know what they are? Sounds cool

[ZiggieCie]

THX. for the info links.