Reduced limbs and no securely preserved tail fluke
“Reduced limbs and no securely preserved tail fluke” is a descriptive trait phrase used by 1 curated taxon profile(s); it is not a normalized ontology term or an independent homology judgment.
Trait phrases come from editorial taxon profiles; specimen attribution, definitions, homology and coding scale require verification before comparative use.
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- Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whalesGingerich, P.D.; Antar, M.S.M.; Zalmout, I.S. · 2019 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0225391
- Correction: Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whalesThe PLOS ONE Staff · 2020 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0230596